Why Sikhs were not awarded any Victoria Cross in WW 1 despite being in highest number in fighting arms

2. DOI:
10.13140/RG.2.2.17086.51521
Why Sikhs were not awarded any Victoria Cross in First World war despite being highest
number in Infantry and Cavalry
 July 2020
 DOI:
 10.13140/RG.2.2.17086.51521
 Agha H Amin
Why Sikhs were not awarded any Victoria Cross in First
World war despite being highest number in Infantry and
Cavalry

3. THIS IS A PRIMER FOR RESEARCHERS AND NOT FOR
DISCUSSION —-VCs are themselves highly debatable - as
Sikhs being highest number in infantry in First World War
got NO VC in WW1 !
This has not been explored but as I researched in my book
after ww1 SIKHS were reduced from
Highest in infantry to third highest ! INTERESTINGLY
INDIAN ARMY GOT MORE VCS IN WW TWO WHICH
WAS MUCH LESS HARD FOUGHT for indian army than
ww1—and what about first indian VCs recommended by the
british company’s officers who were far less biased than
british army officers in 1857 over which British state SAT
FOR THREE YEARS AND AWARDED NONE ?
Political Consequences of First World
War on British Indian Armys Class
Composition and myths about class
composition ISBN: 9781091628472
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1091628475/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_awdb_t1_x_oJ4iFbGA5WB0W?fbclid=IwA
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4. Product details
 Paperback: 167 pages
 Publisher: Independently published (December 5,
2019)
 Language: English
 ISBN-10: 1091628475
 ISBN-13: 978-1091628472
 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
 Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
This short book deals with political consequences of soldiers
from various ethnicities on the recruitment policy of the
British in India.This scribe is of the view that political loyalty
was the ultimate factor in British recruitment policy in India
starting from 1858.This book deals with First World War in
particular.We will start by examining each infantry unit of the
British Army in 1914 and post first world war.Firstly there are
nonsense myths that have been repeated and persist.Major
General Fazal Muqeem Khan of Pakistan Army fallaciously
claimed that there were no all Muslim units in British Indian
Army.This was totally false. There were many all Muslim
units between 1890 and 1914 and some till 1947.What
Fazal Muqeem was trying to imply was that Muslims were
regarded as most dangerous and untrustworthy by the
British.Interestingly the opposite is true. For example Sikhs

5. dominated fighting arms like infantry as late as end of first
world war but were reduced after 1918 as they exhibited
politically defiant anti British behavior in some units in first
world war.On the other hand Punjabi Muslim were most
loyal in first world war and thus Punjabi Muslims quota in
infantry was increased and exceeded Sikh quota only after
first world war ended.This was not due to any fighting
qualities but pure political loyalty.Such was British mistrust
of Sikhs that all Sikh units were mixed with Punjabi Muslim
companies.Two Pakistani origin authors are in lead in
holding Guinness book records of making false claims .Thus
Major General Shaukat Riza on page-101 of Pakistan Army-
1947-1949 published in 1989 makes an absolutely false and
unsubstantiated claim that “In 1939 about 70 % of the rank
and file of Indian Army was from Muslim tribes” . Shuja
Nawaz on page-3 of his book “Crossed Swords” falsely
claims that Punjabi Muslims dominated British Indian
Army.Thus makes the factually false claim that “Punjabi
Mussulmans dominated recruitment during British
period”.The correct position was from 1757 till 1885 the
British Indian Army was Hindustani majority.From 1885 till
1921 Sikhs were in the highest numbers in infantry , the
main fighting arm of the British Indian Army.Kaushik Roy in
an article in Journal of Military History of USA makes a false
and unsubstantiated assertion that Muslims were 45 % of
the Bengal Army that rebelled in 1857.