History of India has always been glorious and something every Indian must be very well acquainted with! Indian Army is not only playing an important role in today’s time but has also played its part to the perfection before independence as well. More than 1 million (10 lakh) soldiers from the undivided India fought in the World War I and 60,000 lost their lives. In the words of Claude Auchinleck, who was commander-in-chief of Indian Army at that time stated that the British, “couldn’t have come through both wars if they hadn’t had the Indian Army.”
In this article, we present 17 rare and mind-blowing pics from the First World War:
1. A Lancer From Bengal
2. A Regiment Of Indian Lancers
3. Arrival Of Sikh Soldiers In France
4. At Alexandra Dock, Bombay – Indian Forces Unloading Baggage
5. At Royal Pavilion, Brighton – Wounded Sikh Soldiers
6. Gurkhas In Campaigning Kit During World War I
7. In Marseilles, A Young French Boy Having An Introduction With Indian Soldiers
8. Indian Cavalry Regiment In Mesopotamia
9. Indian Forces In France During World War I
10. Indian Forces On Way To The Front In Flanders
11. Indian Horse Transport For The Tigris Force
12. Indian Reinforcements Fought At Givenchy In The Year 1914
13. Indian Troops In France In World War I
14. Indian Troops In The Persian Gulf
15. Patiala’s Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Performing Guard Inspection
16. Inspection Of A 12-Inch Railway Howitzer By Bhupinder Singh
17. Bhupinder Singh With Belgian Generals
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