Jemadar 23rd Sikh pioneers standing 4th from right
Active
1857-1922
Country
British India
Branch
Army
Type
Infantry
Size
Three battalions
Part of
Bengal Army (to 1895) Bengal Command
Nickname(s)
Muzbee Pioneers[1]
Uniform
Drab; faced chocolate
Engagements
1857 Siege of Delhi 1857 Siege of Lucknow 1857 Capture of Lucknow 1858 Taku Forts 1860 Taku Forts 1860 Palikao 1868 Abyssinia 1878 - 80 Afghanistan 1878 Peiwar Kotal 1879 Charasiah 1897 Kabul 1897 Chitral 1903 Tibet 1914-1918 First World War 1919 Afghanistan 1920 Iraq
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief
King Edward VII (1904)
Military unit
The 23rd Sikh Pioneers were a regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were known as the 15th (Pioneer) Regiment of Punjab Infantry.
The regiment was mainly recruited from The Mazhabi Sikhs of Punjab Province, Later Due to not get Mazhbis during 1857 Campaign of Siege of Delhi, British Officers mixed the Class Compostion of Regiment with Ramdasia Sikhs who are also Untouchable Caste with having same status like Mazhbi Sikhs, According to the Author of History of Sikh Pioneers, Sir George Macmunn, Due to majority of Mazhbis in Class Composition of the Sikh Pioneer Regiment they are famously known as Muzbee Pioneers[2] and Despite being Pioneers by name, the regiment was specially trained as Assault Pioneers.
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