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The Indian Army, also called the British Indian Army, was involved in World War I as part of the British Empire. More than one million Indian troops served overseas, of whom more than 60,000 died during the war. [1] In World War I the Indian Army fought against the German Empire on the Western Front.
13,313 engraved names, 12,357 Indian [1] and honours 70,000 fallen soldiers of undivided India [2] The India Gate (formerly known as All India War Memorial ) is a war memorial located near the Rajpath (officially called Kartavya path ) on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi .
While 49,400 soldiers died serving in Irish divisions (the 10th, 16th and 36th), although not all of the men serving in these divisions were natives of Ireland and many Irish who died in non-Irish regiments are not listed. [100] [101] For example, 29% of the casualties in the 16th Division were not natives of Ireland. [99]
The Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial is a World War I memorial in France, located on the outskirts of the commune of Neuve-Chapelle, in the département of Pas-de-Calais. The memorial commemorates some 4,742 Indian soldiers (including Nepal ) with no known grave, who fell in battle while fighting for the British Indian Army in the First World War .
In the 20th century, the Indian Army was a crucial adjunct to the forces of the British Empire in both world wars. 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in World War I (1914–1918) with the Allies, in which 74,187 Indian troops were killed or missing in action. [24] [failed verification] In 1915 there was a mutiny by Indian
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Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
India was part of the British Empire during the First World War, and more than 800,000 Indian soldiers fought for the Allied Powers. [3] During the four years of fighting, thousands of wounded combatants were brought to Britain to be treated in makeshift military hospitals.