| 23rd Sikh Pioneers | |
|---|---|
 Jemadar 23rd Sikh pioneers standing 4th from right | |
| Active | 1857-1922 |
| Country |  British India |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Three battalions |
| Part of | Bengal Army (to 1895) Bengal Command |
| Nickname(s) | Muzbee Pioneers[1] |
| Uniform | Drab; faced chocolate |
| Engagements | 1857 Siege of Delhi 1857 Siege of Lucknow 1857 Capture of Lucknow 1858 Taku Forts 1860 Taku Forts 1860 Palikao 1868 Abyssinia 1878 - 80 Afghanistan 1878 Peiwar Kotal 1879 Charasiah 1897 Kabul 1897 Chitral 1903 Tibet 1914-1918 First World War 1919 Afghanistan 1920 Iraq |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel-in-Chief | King Edward VII (1904) |
The 23rd Sikh Pioneers were a regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1857, when they were known as the 15th (Pioneer) Regiment of Punjab Infantry. The regiment was mainly recruited from the Ramdasia Chamar Sikhs of Punjab Province, later due to not get Mazhbis during 1857 Campaign Siege of Delhi, British officers mixed the class composition of the regiment with Ramdasia Sikhs who are also untouchable caste with having same status like Mazhbi Sikhs, according to the author of History of Sikh Pioneers, Sir George Macmunn. Due to majority of Mazhbis in Class Composition of the Sikh Pioneer Regiment they are famously known as Muzbee Pioneers[2][3] and Despite being Pioneers by name, the regiment was specially trained as Assault Pioneers.
- ^ Macmunn 1936, pp. 20, 554.
- ^ Macmunn 1936, pp. 19, 20, 35.
- ^ History of Sikh Light Infantry. Vol. ll. p. 6.[full citation needed]