1767: Raised as the 16th Battalion of Coast Sepoys 1770: Renamed the 12th Carnatic Battalion 1784: Transformed into the 14th Madras Battalion 1896: Became the 5th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry 1824: Assumed the title of the 12th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry 1890: Adopted the name 2nd Regiment of Burma Infantry 1891: Merged as the 12th Regiment (and Burma Battalion) of Madras Infantry 1901: Transformed into the 12th Burma Infantry 1922: Received its present designation as the 3rd Battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment