Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An tayar da rundunar a lokacin tashin hankali na Indiyawan Indiya, a Rawalpindi a ranar 19 ga Yuni, 1857, a matsayin Rundunar Rawalpindi. A shekara ta 1860, an aika da shi zuwa kasar Sin don yin yaki a cikin
Yaƙin Anglo-China na biyu. A shekara ta 1861, an ba da izinin yin amfani da Royal Cypher a cikin Garter a kan alƙawurransa don ayyukansa masu daraja. A lokacin Yaƙin Afghanistan na biyu na 1878-80, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Sojojin filin kwarin Peshawar, ya ci gaba zuwa Khyber Pass don share sojojin Afghanistan a Ali Masjid. A cikin 1885, rukunin ya shiga cikin Yaƙin Burma na Uku. A shekara ta 1901, an tura Rundunar Sojojin Punjab ta 27 zuwa Somaliland ta Biritaniya don murkushe kungiyar adawa da Diiriye Guure na Jihar Dervish ke jagoranta.