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{{Short description|British Indian military unit}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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|image= File:Indian soldiers near boat boarding ramp, Tientsin, China, 1907 (CHANDLESS 260).jpeg
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|caption= 47th Sikhs prepare to depart from [[Tientsin]], [[China]], 1908.
|dates=1901-1922
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The '''47th Sikhs''' were an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1901, when they were raised as the 47th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry.

After World War I, the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref> In 1922, the 47th Sikhs now became the 5th Battalion, [[11th Sikh Regiment]]. The regiment was allocated to the new [[India]] on independence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/47thsikhs.htm|title = The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book|last1=Barthorp|first1=Michael|last2=Burn|first2=Jeffrey|year=1979|title=Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=0-85045-307-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}

[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1901]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]
[[Category:Bengal Presidency]]


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