The Sikh Light Infantry, previously known as The Mazabhi and Ramdasia Sikh Regiment, is a light infantry regiment of the Indian Army. Its name was changed to the Sikh Light Infantry in 1944. The regimental motto is “Deg Tegh Fateh“, meaning “prosperity in peace and victory in war”. The motto has great significance with the tenth and most martial Sikh guru, Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, and the Mazhabis are very closely associated with Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji

The Sikh Light Infantry recruits Mazhabi Sikh and Ramdasia soldiers who are famous for their extraordinary courage and tenacity on the battlefield. During its existence for nearly a century under the British Raj, the Sikh Light Infantry distinguished themselves with loyalty to the British Crown and the British Empire in numerous conflicts in and around the Indian subcontinent as well as the First World War and the Second World War.

Several members of the Coventry Valmiki community were serving members of The Sikh Light Infantry during the late 1940’s and were granted permission to settle in the United Kingdom as a reward for their loyalty to the British Crown and the British Empire.