Former infantry regiment of the armies of British India and Pakistan
| 8th Punjab Regiment |
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| Active | 1922 - 1956 |
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| Allegiance |  British India (1922 - 47)
 Pakistan (1947 - 56) |
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| Branch |  British Indian Army
 Pakistan Army |
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| Type | Line Infantry |
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| Regimental Centre | Lahore |
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| Uniform | Drab; faced blue |
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| March | God Bless the Prince of Wales |
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| Engagements | Second Poligar War 1801
Second Anglo-Maratha War 1803-05
Travancore War 1808-09
Third Anglo-Maratha War 1817-19
Third Kandy War 1818
First Burma War 1824-26
Naning War 1831-32
Coorg War 1834
Second Burma War 1852-53
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Second Afghan War 1878-80
Rampa Rebellion of 1879
Third Burma War 1885-87
Upper Burma 1890-96
Manipur Expedition 1891
The Boxer Rebellion 1900
First World War 1914-18 (France & Flanders, Egypt, Palestine, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, Aden, Salonika, Russia)
Third Afghan War 1919
Iraqi Revolt 1920
Second World War 1939-45 (Italy, Iran, Iraq, Burma, Malaya, French Indochina, Dutch East Indies)
Kashmir War 1948 |
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| Colonel-in-Chief | King Edward VIII |
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| Colonels of the Regiment | General Sir Edward Quinan
Brigadier Fazal Ur Rahman Kallue |
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Military unit
The 8th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947 and merged with the Baluch Regiment in 1956.
