The Baluch Regiment originated in the Army of Bombay Presidency in 1844, when Sir Charles Napier raised the 1st Belooch (old spelling of Baluch) Battalion (raised as the Scinde Beloochee Corps and designated as 27th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in 1861) for local service in the newly conquered province of Sindh.

The term 'local' was interpreted fairly loosely when it became necessary to send the 2nd Beloochees to the Persian War in 1856-57, a campaign frequently overshadowed by the events of the Indian Mutiny in 1857.

Two years later, they became some of the first foreign troops to be stationed in Japan, when two companies were sent to Yokohama as a part of the garrison guarding the British legation.

All Baloch battalions took part in the Second Afghan War of 1878-80, where the Jacob's Rifles suffered heavy casualties at the Battle of Maiwand.

In 1914, their full dress uniforms included red trousers worn with rifle green or drab tunics.

At Hollebeke, during the First Ypres, Sepoy Khudadad Khan became the first British Raj soldier to win the Victoria Cross; Britain's highest decoration for valour.

The battalion would go on to serve with distinction in German East Africa alongside the 127th QMO Baluch Light Infantry and 130th KGO Baluchis.

Another distinctive feature of Baluchi uniforms were plain silver ball buttons worn on service and mess dresses.

It suffered 6572 casualties and won numerous gallantry awards including two Victoria Crosses to Naik Fazal Din and Sepoy Bhandari Ram - both in the Burma Campaign.

[9] Captain Siri Kanth Korla was a company commander of the 7/10th Baluch Regiment who was awarded a Distinguished Service Order, a Military Cross, and two Mentions in Dispatches in the Burma Campaign.

The Regimental Centre shifted to Quetta in 1947 to make room for the Government offices in the new capital of Pakistan.