The 36th Sikhs was an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army

British Indian Army

The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...

. They could trace their origins to 1887, when they were the 36th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry. They had one other change in title in 1901, when they became the 36th Sikh Infantry. They finally became the 36th Sikhs in 1903, after the Kitchener

Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

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 reforms of the Indian Army. During this time they fought an action in 1897, in defence of the Samana Ridge against a huge army of Pathans in the Battle of Saragarhi. To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the Rawalpindi Parade 1905

Rawalpindi Parade 1905

The Rawalpindi Parade 1905 was a parade by the British Indian Army held in Rawalpindi, India on 8 December 1905 to honour the Prince and Princess of Wales. The troops were under the Command of Horatio Herbert, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., Commander-in-Chief India...

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During World War I

World War I

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 they were stationed as part of the Garrison of Tianjin

Concessions in Tianjin

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 in China and took part in the Siege of Tsingtao.

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army again moving from single battalion regiment to multi battalion regiments. The 36th Sikhs now became the 4th Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment

11th Sikh Regiment

The 11th Sikh Regiment were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1922, when after World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments....

. After independence this was one of the regiments allocated to the new Indian Army

Indian Army

The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

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