In this Kipling work, the title orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab
This 
Kipling orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab... [DOC] [TLE] 1901 KIM Rudyard Kipling - PinkMonkey.com [PAR] Kim (1901) - A Novel of Indian life widely considered Kipling's best work, Kim is 
the story of Irish orphan Kimball O'Hara's ... Dinanath's boy off the trunnions- 
since the English held the Punjab and Kim was ... an Irish regiment.