Paris: India and France on Sunday paid homage to the Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives during World War I. Both nations paid tributes to the brave hearts in a ceremony hosted at Villers Guislain Indian War memorial in Paris.
"Today #India and #France paid homage to the Indian Soldiers who fought at WWI and made the supreme sacrifice through a Commemorative Ceremony at Villers Guislain Indian War memorial," the India Mission in Paris tweeted.
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Today #India and #France paid hommage to the Indian Soldiers who fought at WWI and made the supreme sacrifice through a Commemorative Ceremony at Villers Guislain Indian War mémorial. @IndAmbFrance @MEAIndia @adgpi #IndianArmy pic.twitter.com/0pYTb4jZqr
— India in France (@Indian_Embassy) October 6, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Today #India and #France paid hommage to the Indian Soldiers who fought at WWI and made the supreme sacrifice through a Commemorative Ceremony at Villers Guislain Indian War mémorial. @IndAmbFrance @MEAIndia @adgpi #IndianArmy pic.twitter.com/0pYTb4jZqr
— India in France (@Indian_Embassy) October 6, 2019Today #India and #France paid hommage to the Indian Soldiers who fought at WWI and made the supreme sacrifice through a Commemorative Ceremony at Villers Guislain Indian War mémorial. @IndAmbFrance @MEAIndia @adgpi #IndianArmy pic.twitter.com/0pYTb4jZqr
— India in France (@Indian_Embassy) October 6, 2019
During World War 1, over one million Indian troops served overseas, of whom 62,000 died and another 67,000 were wounded. In total at least 74,187 Indian soldiers died during the war.
In World War I the Indian Army fought against the German Empire in German East Africa and on the Western Front.
Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from 1942 had asserted that the British "couldn't have come through both wars [World War I and II] if they hadn't had the Indian Army.
