The
36th Sikhs was an infantry regiment in the
British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1887, when they were the 36th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry. They had one other change in title in 1901, when they became the 36th Sikh Infantry. They finally became the 36th Sikhs in 1903, after the
Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army. During this time they fought an action in 1897, in defence of the Samana Ridge against a huge army of
Pathans in the
Battle of Saragarhi. To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the
Rawalpindi Parade 1905. During
World War I they were stationed as part of the
Garrison of Tianjin in China and took part in the
Siege of Tsingtao.