84th Punjabis The 84th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army . It was raised by Captain Donald Macdonald at Vellore on 12 August 1794 , as the 34th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry . It was designated as the 84th Punjabis in 1903 and became the 10th ( Training ) Battalion , 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922 . In 1943 , it was converted into the 1st Punjab Regimental Centre . In 1947 , the 1st Punjab Regiment was allocated to the Pakistan Army . In 1956 , the 1st , 14th , 15th and 16th Punjab Regimental Centres where amalgamated to form the Punjab Regimental Centre . Early history . The regiment had its antecedents in the old Madras Army of the British East India Company , which was largely responsible for the British conquest of south and central India . It was raised at Vellore on August 1794 , as the 34th Madras Battalion . The regiment ' s first action was during the Fourth Anglo - Mysore War near Mallavelly on 27 March 1799 . On 4 May , it fought in the Battle of Seringapatam , where Tipu Sultan made his last stand . The regiment ' s next major action was in the Second Maratha War , where it fought in the Battle of Assaye on 3 September 1803 , under General Arthur Wellesley , the future Duke of Wellington . The regiment ' s performance was much appreciated during the day ' s fierce fighting , where it suffered 228 casualties . As a reward , it was permitted to display the word " Assaye " with the device of an elephant on their colours and appointments . In 1810 , it took part in the expeditions to Bourbon Island and Mauritius in the Indian Ocean . It was again engaged against the Marathas during the Third Maratha War of 1817 – 19 , which decisively broke the Maratha power in India . In the latter part of the 19th century , the regiment did not see much action , although it saw active service in Burma . In 1902 , the regiment , now designated as the 24th Madras Infantry , was reconstituted with Punjabi Muslims , Sikhs and Rajput s . Next year , as a result of the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener , all Madras units had 60 added to their numbers , and the regiment ' s designation was changed to 84th Punjabis . During the first three years of the First World War , the 84th Punjabis remained deployed on the North West Frontier of India . In March 1917 , they were dispatched to Mesopotamia , where it operated on the Euphrates Line . By now , the Turkish Army in Mesopotamia had been largely defeated and the regiment did not see any significant fighting . In November 1918 , it moved to Salonika in Greece and then six weeks later to the Russian Transcaucasia in support of the White Russian forces fighting the Bolshevik s . After spending 1919 – 20 in Turkey as part of the Allied occupation forces , it returned home in October 1920 . Subsequent history . After the First World War , the 84th Punjabis were grouped with the 62nd , 66th , 76th and 82nd Punjabis , and the 1st Brahmans to form the 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922 . The battalion was redesignated as 10th Battalion , 1st Punjab Regiment and became the Training Battalion of the regiment , based at Jhelum . During the Second World War , 10 / 1st Punjab was converted into the 1st Punjab Regimental Centre . In 1947 , the 1st Punjab Regiment was allocated to Pakistan Army , and in 1956 , it was merged with the 14th , 15th and 16th Punjab Regiment s to form one large Punjab Regiment . The 1st Punjab Regimental Centre was merged with the 14th , 15th and 16th Punjab Regimental Centres to form the Punjab Regimental Centre . It is based at Mardan .