| OVERVIEW | | | | | | | | |  The home of the Sikh Light Infantry is the regimental centre. When the Regiment was raised the Centre was located with Jat Regimental Centre at Bareilly from March 1943 till 15 October 1945. Initially, Lieutenant Colonel P White raised the Training Battalion for the Regiment, with two training companies. Over time a Duty Company, Headquarters as well as Records and Accounts section were formed. In March 1944, Lieutenant Colonel CH Price handed over command of 1 SIKH LI and came to raise the Regimental Centre as an independent establishment.
The Centre also took over the Sikh Pioneers Records and the Sikh Pioneers Charitable Fund from the Sappers and Miners. Thereafter, the Regimental centre moved to Lahore, where it remained till 26 September 1947. It then shifted to Ferozepur.
| | | The Regimental Centre provided a haven for many Sikh refugees during the troubled times of independence and partition of the country. Its permanent location was to be Sialkot but the circumstances resulted in the orders being changed to Ferozepore. Heavy floods in the River Sutlej during August 1947 delayed the move till the end of September. The ruler of Faridkot, who was the Honorary Colonel of the Regiment, provided great assistance for the move and settling down of the Regimental Centre at Ferozepore.
| | | In 1951 orders were issued for the amalgamation of various regimental centres. From Ferozepore, the Regimental Centre came to Meerut where it joined the Punjab Regimental Centre on 15 September 1951. Finally, after 11 years there was a bifurcation, with the Sikh Light Infantry Regimental Centre coming into its own on 1 April 1963. It moved into new lines, within Meerut cantonment, as an independent entity.
| | | As a result of plans in Army Headquarters all the regimental centres were shifted out of Meerut in 1976. The Sikh Light Infantry Regimental Centre moved to Fatehgarh, it's present home, on 7 May 1976. The small town of Fatehgarh is located on the banks of the Ganges and was founded by Nawab Mohammad Khan in 1720. The arrival of the Regiment to this location was a nostalgic homecoming. The Fatehgarh Levy, comprising nine companies of Mazhbi and Ramdasia Sikhs was raised and stationed in the historic fort by the British in 1858. They were tasked to strengthen the fort defences and bridging the Ganges. The return of the Sikh Light Infantry to Fatehgarh was commemorated with emotion in a trophy showing a mounted Sikh Pioneer led by a Sikh Light Infantry soldier.
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The Regimental Centre Officers' Mess at Fatehgarh is the repository of the regimental silver, besides being the place where officers dine. It is housed in an ancient building, earlier known as Shahzada's House. Prince Muzaffar Bakht, the grandson of Nawab Shah Alam of Farrukhabad, lived in this complex of three bungalows. These were merged into one, in 1881, after the arrival of the Bombay, Baroda & Central India railways, whose main offices were housed in this building. This majestic building provides an excellent view of the River Ganges. It was transferred to the Regiment in 1983. The Savory Lodge, which is part of the complex, has elegant guest rooms for officers of the Regiment.
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