Class Composition
The regiment consists of Punjabi Hindu, Sikh and some Dogra troops primarily drawn from North Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Uttrakhand. However as an exception, two regular battalions (19 and 27 PUNJAB) have troops from other Indian castes as well.
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