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The Sikh Light Infantry is a light infantry regiment of the Indian Army. [1] The regiment is the successor unit to the 23rd , 32nd and 34th Royal Sikh Pioneers of the British Indian Army . The regiment recruits from the Sikh community of Himachal Pradesh , Punjab and Haryana states of India.
The Sikh Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It is the most highly decorated regiment of the Indian Army and in 1979, the 1st battalion was the Commonwealth 's most decorated battalion, with 245 pre-independence and 82 post-independence gallantry awards, when it was transformed into the 4th battalion, Mechanised Infantry Regiment .
The Battle of Saragarhi is considered one of the great battles in Sikh military history. [5] On 12 September 1897 a contingent of twenty-one soldiers from the 36th Sikhs regiment (now the 4th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment of Indian Army), led by Havildar Ishar Singh held off an Afghan attack of 10,000 men for several hours.
During World War II a further seven infantry battalions were formed the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th, 25th and a machine gun battalion. The 8th and 9th battalions were converted to Light Anti-Aircraft battalions. The regiment was allocated to the new Indian Army on independence and became the Sikh Regiment.
The regiment was expanded during the war and, by 1945, had formed 10 field artillery regiments, 13 mountain artillery regiments, 10 anti–tank artillery regiments. Three anti–aircraft brigades were formed from the four heavy anti–aircraft artillery regiments and five light anti–aircraft artillery regiments created. [35]
501 Light Regiment; 551 Rocket Regiment; 581 Light Regiment; ... Sikh Light Infantry: 1944 Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh "Deg teg fateh" ("Victory to charity and arms")
1 Field Regiment (India) 2 Medium Regiment (India) 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) 2nd Punjab Regiment; 3rd Madras Regiment; 6th Lancers (Watson's Horse) 7th Light Cavalry; 8th Punjab Regiment; 9th Horse (Deccan Horse) 10th Baluch Regiment; 11th Cavalry (Frontier Force) 11th Sikh Regiment; 12th Frontier Force Regiment; 14th Horse (Scinde Horse ...
The 36th Sikhs was an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1887, when they were the 36th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry. Composed of Jat Sikhs, it was created by Colonel Jim Cooke and Captain H. R. Holmes. [1] They had one other change in title in 1901, when they became the 36th Sikh Infantry.