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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/23rdpioneers.htm 23rd Sikh Pioneers] British Empire Website
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/23rdpioneers.htm 23rd Sikh Pioneers] British Empire Website
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_Sikh_Pioneers 23rd Sikh Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_Sikh_Pioneers 23rd Sikh Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Sikh_Pioneers 3rd Sikh Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Light_Infantry Sikh Light Infantry] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Light_Infantry Sikh Light Infantry] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090309055254/http://sikhli.info/index.php/history History of the Sikh Light Infantry] sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090309055254/http://sikhli.info/index.php/history History of the Sikh Light Infantry] sikhli.info, now an archived website (retrieved 29 April 2014)

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Chronology

  • 1857 raised as 15th (Pioneer) Regiment of Punjab Infantry Lt R H Shebbeare VC
  • 1861 became 23rd Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1864 became 23rd (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers)
  • 1885 became 23rd (Punjab) Bengal Infantry (Pioneers)
  • 1901 became 23rd Punjab Pioneers
  • 1903 became 23rd Sikh Pioneers
  • 1922 became 1st Battalion 3rd Sikh Pioneers
  • 1929 became Corps of Sikh Pioneers
  • 1933 disbanded
  • 1941 re-raised as The Sikh Light Infantry
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

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