Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1902, chikwata, zvino chinonzi 2nd Madras Infantry, chakagadzirwazve nevaMuslim vePunjabi, vaSikh nevaRajput. Gore rakatevera racho, somuuyo wedzimutsiridzo dzakaunzwa muuto reIndia naLord Kitchener, mapoka ose eMadras akanga ane 60 akawedzerwa kunhamba dzawo, uye zita rehurumende rakashandurwa kuva 62nd Punjabis. Mukati meHondo Yenyika Yokutanga, 62nd Punjabis yakatumirwa kuEgypt sechikamu che10th Indian Division kuti ichengetedze Suez Canal. Chirongwa ichi chakaita basa guru pakurwisa kurwisa kweTurkey muna 1915. Pashure pokushanda mupurovhinzi yeBritain yeAden gare gare gore iroro, vakasvika muMesopotamia pana December 31, 1915. Pano, vakanga vari muhondo dzinotyisa paTigris Front, sezvo vaBritain vakaita nhamburiko dzokusava netariro dzokusimudza Kukombwa kweKut al Amara
, uye gare gare, mukati mokupfuurira kweBritain kuchamhembe. Chikwata ichi chakatora chikamu muhondo yeHanna, Dujaila Redoubt uye Hai Salient. Pashure pokubatira pamuganhu wePersia nokuda kwehondo yasara, chiremera chakadzokera kuIndia muna 1920. Rakarasikirwa nevanosvika 840 muhondo. Kaputeni Claude Auchinleck, gare gare Field Marshal uye Mutungamiri Mukuru wokupedzisira weBritish Indian Army, akashanda ne62nd Punjabis muEgypt neMesopotamia.