The 29th Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.
[1] The regiment was raised in 1857, during the upheaval of the Indian Mutiny, as the Jullundur Punjab Battalion.
It was designated as the 29th (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry in 1864.
[1] Subsequent to the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903, the regiment's designation was changed to 29th Punjabis.
During the First World War, the regiment served with distinction in the German East Africa and later, in Palestine, where it fought in the Battle of Megiddo, which led to the annihilation of Turkish Army in Palestine.