Regimental Headquarters: Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Regimental Insignia: A sharp-edged Quoit, or Chakra, used by the Sikhs in combat, mounted with a Kirpan, the Sikh dagger.

Regimental Motto: Deg Teh Fateh (Prosperity in Peace and Victory in War).

Battle Cry: Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal (He who cries God is Truth, is ever Happy).

After first Independence war Punjabis replaced Purabeeas as the major source of manpower for the British Army in India. Performing well in WW1, the Sikh Pioneers were then disbanded in 1933, a traumatic experience for the community. However, the Sikh Pioneers were revived in WW2, becoming the Sikh Light Infantry. The reconquest of Burma was essentially an Indian Army campaign. It was here that the Sikh Light Infantry tasted blood and earned their first battle honors.

The Two homogeneous Sikh regiments - the Sikh Light Infantry and Sikh Regiment - each contain approximately twenty highly trained battalions that account for a major element of the strike force in the main army divisions.