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{{Infobox military unit<br />
|unit_name=35th Sikhs<br />
| image=Soldiers of the 35th Sikhs in the Soudan - 1896.jpg<br />
| image_size = 300<br />
|caption=[[Havildar]]s of the 35th Sikhs in the [[Sudan]] 1896.<br />
|dates=1887-1922<br />
|country=[[British Raj|Indian Empire]]<br />
|branch=Army<br />
|type=Infantry<br />
|size=<br />
|command_structure=[[Bengal Army]] (to 1895)<br>[[Bengal Command]]<br />
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|ceremonial_chief=<br />
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|colonel_of_the_regiment=<br />
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|motto=<br />
|colors=Red; faced yellow<br />
|colors_label=Uniform<br />
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|battles=[[Siege of Malakand]]<br>[[World War I]]<br>[[Third Afghan War]]<br />
|notable_commanders=<br />
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The '''35th Sikhs''' were an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1887, when they were raised as the 35th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry.<br />
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The regiment took part in the [[Siege of Malakand]] in 1897 and [[World War I]]. During World War I the regiment was part of the [[2nd (Rawalpindi) Division]] stationed on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier]] dealing with numerous incursions by Afghan tribes. In 1919, they took part in the [[Third Afghan War]].<br />
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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 35th Sikhs now became the 10th Training Battalion, [[11th Sikh Regiment]]. The regiment was allocated to the new [[Indian Army]] on independence.<br />
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==Predecessor names==<br />
*35th (Sikh) Bengal Infantry - 1887<br />
*35th Sikh Infantry - 1901<br />
*35th Sikhs - 1903<br />
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File:35th Sikhs in the Soudan, 1896, Maxim Guns.jpg|35th Sikhs in the Soudan in 1896 with a Maxim gun<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{cite book|last=Barthorp|first=Michael|last2=Burn|first2=Jeffrey|year=1979|title=Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=0-85045-307-0}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}<br />
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[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1887]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]<br />
[[Category:Bengal Presidency]]<br />
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