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Prime Minister May To Wear Khadi Poppy In Honour Of Indian Soldiers

A Khadi is a version of the Poppy was started by Indian origin peer Lord Jitesh Gadhia and the Royal British Legion for the first time 2018 as an reminder sign of India’s ever memorable support to the British during the war (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images).

By: Radhakrishna N S

Prime minister Theresa May said on Wednesday (31) that she is scheduled to join a group of MPs in wearing Khadi Poppy to respect the Indian army men who lost their lives in the First World War. The Poppy Appeal annual fund-raising event for war veterans is taking place this month, in the lead up to Armistice Day on November 11, 1918, when the great war concluded. Britons are known to wear a poppy on their lapels as a symbol of their honour to the war heroes who lost their lives in the war. A khadi version of the poppy…

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