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| rdfs:comment | - The 11th Sikh Regiment were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1922, when after World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. The regimment was formed from the:
* 1st Battalion - 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs
* 2nd Battalion - 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
* 3rd Battalion - 45th Rattray's Sikhs
* 4th Battalion - 36th Sikhs
* 5th Battalion - 47th Sikhs
* 10th Training Battalion - 35th Sikhs
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| Caption | - The Ludhiana Sikh Regiment in China, Circa 1860, during the Second Opium War
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| abstract | - The 11th Sikh Regiment were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1922, when after World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. The regimment was formed from the:
* 1st Battalion - 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs
* 2nd Battalion - 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
* 3rd Battalion - 45th Rattray's Sikhs
* 4th Battalion - 36th Sikhs
* 5th Battalion - 47th Sikhs
* 10th Training Battalion - 35th Sikhs During World War II a further seven infantry battalions were formed the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th, 25th and a machine gun battalion. The 8th and 9th battalions were converted to Light Anti-Aircraft battalions. The regiment was allocated to the new Indian Army on independence and became the Sikh Regiment.
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