 The regiment took part in the Bhutan War of 1864-66 and the Second Afghan War of 1878-80.Subsequent to the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903, the regiment's designation was changed to 29th Punjabis.During the First World War, the regiment served with distinction in the German East Africa and later, in Palestine, where it fought in the Battle of Megiddo, which led to the annihilation of Turkish Army in Palestine.