• Friday, March 29, 2024

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UK salutes South Asian war heroes

Over 74,000 Indian soldiers lost their lives during World War One

By: Lauren Codling

by LAUREN CODLING ASIAN peers, politicians and community leaders have paid tribute to south Asian soldiers who contributed to the First World War, as Remembrance Sunday is marked this weekend. Almost half of the three million Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the First World War were from undivided India, which included Pakistan and Bangladesh. Over 74,000 Indian soldiers lost their lives in one of the deadliest battles in history. In a speech made in the House of Lords on Monday (5) commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War, Lord Jitesh Gadhia remarked on the “crucial contribution” made by…

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