90th Punjabis The 90th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army . The regiment was raised in 1799 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry . It was designated as the 90th Punjabis in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922 . In 1947 , it was allocated to Pakistan Army , where it continues to exist as 2nd Battalion of The Baloch Regiment . Early History . The battalion was raised in 1799 at Masulipatam as the Masulipatam Battalion by Captain TK Crewe and was known as " Crewe ki Paltan " ( Crewe ' s Battalion ) . In 1800 , it was designated as the 2nd Battalion 15th Regiment , and in 1824 , as the 30th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry . The battalion was composed mostly of Muslims , Tamils and Telugus of South India . In 1817 - 19 , it took part in the Third Anglo - Maratha War , and in 1824 , it was dispatched to Burma , where it fought in the First Anglo - Burmese War . It returned to Burma in 1852 to participate in the Second Anglo - Burmese War . During the Great Indian Rebellion of 1857 , it operated in Central India . The regiment also served in the Second Afghan War of 1878 - 80 and the Third Anglo - Burmese War of 1885 - 87 . In 1892 , the 30th Madras Infantry was reconstituted with Punjabi Muslims , Sikhs , Rajput s & Brahmin s , and permanently based in Burma . Its new designation was 30th Regiment ( 5th Burma Battalion ) of Madras Infantry . In 1901 , its title was changed to 30th Burma Infantry . The Burma Battalions were special units raised to police the new territories acquired in the Third Anglo - Burmese War and pacify the rebellious hill tribes inhabiting the frontier regions of Burma . Between 1892 and 1894 , the regiment operated in the Chin Hills against recalcitrant hill tribes . Subsequent to the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903 , all former Madras units had 60 added to their numbers . Consequently , the regiment ' s designation was changed to 90th Punjabis , the latter part reflecting the new class composition of the regiment , which it had acquired in 1892 . In 1910 , the Burma Battalions were delocalized from Burma and in 1911 , the regiment moved to Nasirabad in India , where it was stationed on the outbreak of First World War . During the First World War , the 90th Punjabis served in Mesopotamia , where they arrived in January 1915 , as part of the 12th Infantry Brigade . After serving in the Persian Arabistan with the 12th Indian Division , the regiment moved to the Euphrates Front in July . For the rest of the war , it operated on the Euphrates Line with 15th Indian Division and fought with great distinction in the Battle of Nasiriyah , the Action of As Sahilan , the Second Battle of Ramadi and the Action of Khan Baghdadi . During the war , the 90th Punjabis suffered 452 casualties including 158 killed and were awarded a number of gallantry awards . Soon after returning home , the regiment was again called out to serve in the Third Afghan War in 1919 . In 1918 , 90th Punjabis raised a second battalion , which saw service in the Third Afghan War and took part in operations in Waziristan in 1920 - 21 . The 2nd Battalion was disbanded in 1922 . Subsequent History . After the First World War , the 90th Punjabis were grouped with the 91st and 92nd Punjabis , 93rd Burma Infantry and the two battalions of 89th Punjabis to form the 8th Punjab Regiment in 1922 . The 90th Punjabis became the 2nd Battalion of the new regiment . During the Second World War , 2 / 8th Punjab returned to their old hunting grounds of Burma , where once again , they fought with great gallantry in the Burma Campaign . In 1947 , the 8th Punjab Regiment was allocated to Pakistan Army . In 1956 , it was merged with the Baluch Regiment and 2 / 8th Punjab was redesignated as 2 Baluch ( now 2 Baloch ) . During the Indo - Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971 , the battalion distinguished itself on the Sialkot and Lahore Fronts . Now the unit is in KPK Province in tribal area .