36th Regiment of Sikh Infantry

Known as 36th Sikhs

History

• 1887 raised 36th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry
• 1901 became 36th Sikh Infantry
• 1903 became 36th Sikhs
• 1922 became 4th/11th Sikh Regiment
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Campaigns

• Tirah Campaign 1897-98
  • Battle of Samana Ridge‎

Regimental Histories

• Saragarhi Battalion : Ashes to Glory : History of the 4th Battalion, the Sikh Regiment (XXXVI) by Kanwaljit Singh and H.S. Ahluwalia. Published 1987, New Delhi. Available at the British Library.

External Links

• 36th Sikhs British Empire website
• "The 36th Sikhs at the fall of Tsingtao: China- October to November 1914" from Harry’s Sideshows kaiserscross.com (retrieved 21 June 2014)

Historical books online

• Lieutenant-Colonel John Haughton, commandant of the 36th Sikhs: a hero of Tirah. A memoir by Major A.C. Yate 1900 Archive.org