 On 1 February 1892, the battalion was designated as 31st Madras Light Infantry( 6th Burma Battalion) with Capt HDU Keary as the Commanding Officer who went to command it for 23 years at stretch till 1909.From 1900 to 1912, the battalion operated in China as a part of an Expeditionary Force in the Boxer Rebellion.On 3 October 1903, the battalion was renamed as 91st PUNJABIS.