Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kafa rundunar a ranar 18 ga Mayu 1849 a matsayin 1st Regiment of Punjab Infantry ta Kyaftin John Coke. Yana daya daga cikin irin wadannan rundunonin guda biyar da Kanar Henry Lawrence, wakilin (da dan uwan) Gwamnan Janar na yankin iyakar Punjab, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, ya kafa bangaren sojan sama na Trans Frontier Brigade. An tattara mutanen ne daga tsoffin mayakan 'yan adawa da aka rushe bayan da Birtaniyya ta mamaye Punjab a shekarar 1848 a lokacin yakin Sikh na biyu.
Ka yi haƙuri. A shekara ta 1851 an canza sunan rundunar a matsayin 1st Regiment of Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force lokacin da aka fadada Brigade na Trans Frontier, wanda ke da alhakin sanya ido kan iyakar Arewa maso Yamma, aka fadada shi kuma aka sake masa suna Punjab Irregular Force (PIF), wanda ya haifar da sunan "Piffer" wanda jami'ai da mazajen rundunar PIF suka karɓa kuma har yanzu ana amfani da su har zuwa yau.