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British Parliament pays glowing tributes to Sikhs and Indian Army for WWI role
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Thursday, November 13, 2014
Tomes have been written on Winston Churchill's dislike for India and Indians. Yet we know very little about his cold relationship with the Indian Army and its officers, British and Indian alike. Some scholars have argued that India's military contribution to the British war effort in both world wars was forgotten because Churchill wrote it off. It was ironic, therefore, that 100 years after the First World War, the Indian Army's significant role was acknowledged and remembered in the House of Commons' members-only Chur…
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