The 87th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.
They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion, 14th Madras Native Infantry.
The regiments first action was in the Battle of Mahidpur during the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
[1] During World War I they spent much of the time guarding the North West Frontier against incursions by Afghan tribesmen.
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