 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Chikwata ichi chakamutswa musi wa 18 Chivabvu 1849 naLieutenant JC Johnston kuMianwali sechikamu cheTransfrontier Brigade. Muna 1851, brigade yakawedzerwa uye yakatumidzwazve kuti Punjab Irregular Force, iyo yakazozivikanwa sePunjab Frontier Force kana The Piffers. MaPiffers aiumbwa nezvirongwa zvishanu zvevatasvi vemabhiza, mapoka gumi nerimwe evashandi uye mabhatiri mashanu epfuti kunze kweCorps of Guides. Basa ravo rakanga riri rokuchengeta runyararo paPunjab Frontier; basa ravakaita nokushingaira kukuru. 2nd Punjab Infantry yakatora chikamu mumabasa mazhinji emuganhu kunze kweGreat Indian Mutiny ya1857-58, paakatora chikamu muSiege yeDelhi, iyo Siegeuye Kutorwa kweLakhnau, Hondo yeCawnpore, Hondo yeRohilkhand nekutorwa kweBareilly. Munguva yeHondo yechipiri yeAfghan ya1878-80, chikwata chakarwa muhondo yePeiwar Kotal. Muna 1897, yakatora chikamu muTirah Campaign. 