1st August, 1846 is the raising day of The Sikh Regiment.

The 1st battalion of The Sikh Regiment was the Commonwealth's most decorated battalion & to this day Sikh regiment remains one of the most decorated in Indian Army.

War cry: Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal

The Sikhs in British Indian Army fought the World War I & II with valour.
The Saviours of France, a lady puts a flower on chest of a Sikh soldier.

Belgium street kids taunt a German soldier by dressing up as Sikh soldiers, c1915, Toor collection.

Front cover of The Great War magazine showing Sikh soldiers at Tigris River.

Another beautiful shot of two soldiers.

The honor of the first unit going into combat on behalf of Independent India was bestowed on 1st SIKH, which made the historic airlift to save Srinagar.

In 1965, Indo Pakistan war Lieutenant General Harbakhsh Singh, GOC, Western Command, disobeyed the then army chief and took on a superior Pakistani armoured column thus saving Punjab & India from falling. He belonged to 5 Sikh.

One of the many heroic stories from the war.

"Alas! A handful of Sikhs converted our great victory into a big defeat and shattered our confidence and courage. The same thing happened in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In the battle of Jassur, the Singhs opposed the Pakistani Army so fiercely that our backbone and foothold were lost.."

From "Crisis of Leadership", authored by Maj Gen Mukesh Khan of the Pakistan Army acknowledging the valour of Sikhs in 1971 war.

Battle theatres & Battle Honours:

Sindh 1971, 10 Sikh

Punjab 1971, 2 Sikh

East Pakistan 1971, 4 Sikh

Jammu & Kashmir 1971, 5 & 6 Sikh.

Kargil War saw 8th Sikh along with Grenadiers & Naga capture the Tiger Hill.

Thus the martial history of Sikhs continues in the Indian Army and ever ready to fight for the righteous cause from INDBAT for UN peacekeeping to any enemy which threatens our motherland.