36th Sikhs

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| unit_name = 36th Sikhs

| image = Group photograph of men of the 36th Sikhs taken in 1897.jpg

| caption = Group photograph of men of the 36th Sikhs taken in 1897

| dates = 1887-1922

| country = Indian Empire

| branch = Army

| type = Infantry

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| command_structure = Bengal Army (to 1895)
Bengal Command

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| colors = Scarlet; faced yellow

| colors_label = Uniform

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| battles = Punjab Frontier
Samana
Tirah

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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.{{cite book |author1=Smyth, John |author-link1=Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet |title=The Valiant |date=1970 |publisher=A. R. Mowbray |isbn=978-0264645100 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ikdAAAAAIAAJ |access-date=25 March 2019 |quote=The 36th Sikhs, with a class (all Sikhs) composition of Jat Sikhs, was raised in the summer of 1887, as was their sister regiment, the 35th Sikhs. The 36th were formed by Colonel Jim Cooke and Captain H. R. Holmes.}} 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 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/36thsikhs.htm|title = The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies}} To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India they took part in the Rawalpindi Parade 1905.

During World War I they were stationed as part of the Garrison of Tianjin in China and took part in the Siege of Tsingtao.

File:British, Indian and Japanese soldiers in Tsingtao (Qingdao), China, 1914.jpg, sent to assist the Japanese in capturing Germany's naval base at Tsingtao (Qingdao) in China, 1914.]]

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army again moving from single battalion regiment to multi battalion regiments.Sumner p.15 The 36th Sikhs became the 4th Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment. After independence this was one of the regiments allocated to the new Indian Army.

Kesari:

Kesari is a movie that displays the bravery of the 36th Sikh Regiment. The movie is based on a true story and directed in 2019. Kesari means Orange as the main character, Ishar Singh, wears an orange turban in the battle.