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Sikh Light Infantry
Sikh Light Infantry Insignia
Active
1941 - Present
Country
India
Branch
Indian Army
Type
Light infantry
Role
Infantry
Size
19 battalions
Regimental Centre
Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Motto(s)
Deg Teg Fateh (Prosperity in Peace and Victory in War)
Decorations
2 Ashok Chakra
7 Maha Vir Chakra
12 Kirti Chakra
23 Vir Chakra
13 Shaurya Chakra
82 Sena Medal
4 Param Vishisht Seva Medals
8 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals
3 Yudh Seva Medals
17 Vishisht Seva Medals
49 Mention-in-Despatches
122 COAS's Commendation Cards.
Commanders
Colonel of the Regiment
Lt.Gen Devendra Pratap Pandey
Notable commanders
Gen. V.P. Malik Gen. Bikram Singh Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane
Insignia
War Cry
Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akaal!
Military unit
The Sikh Light Infantry is a light infantry regiment of the Indian Army.[1] The regiment is the successor unit to the 23rd, 32nd and 34th Royal Sikh Pioneers of the British Indian Army. The regiment recruits from the Sikh community of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana states of India.
The versatility of the Sikh Light Infantry has seen the regiment conduct operations from conventional warfare on the Siachen Glacier, the highest battlefield in the world, to counter-terrorism.[1][dead link] Units of the regiment have also been deployed as part of the United Nations Emergency Force. The regimental motto is "Deg Tegh Fateh", meaning "prosperity in peace and victory in war".
The motto has great significance from the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, with whom the sikh community is attached beliefs, Guru Gobind Singh named them Khalsa as in faithful for their dedication to do good. The regiment's cap badge is a chakram or quoit, with a mounted kirpan. The insignia was designed to honour the Khalsa community's Akali Nihang ancestry.
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