Legend has it that Captain T Rattray founded this regiment with around 500 cavalry and 1000 infantry after roaming from village to village and challenging men to wrestle with him. Sikhs, apparently, could not resist the offer, but in so doing were obliged to join up!

With the distinct chequered tartan frontispiece worn over their turbans, the Rattrays Sikhs have a unique and distinct identity of their own. Having first seen action during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, the battalion served throughout the world wars and even today remain a front line infantry battalion of the Indian Army.

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