Thousands of forgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first time
Nearly 10,000 soldiers from pre-partition India who served in World War I are being added to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database. This update follows years of research into registers found in Punjab to honor those previously forgotten.
Why it matters
It provides historical justice and closure for descendants of colonial-era soldiers whose contributions were long overlooked in official records.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Some 1.4 million people from the subcontinent – now India, Pakistan and Bangladesh – served in the British Indian Army in WW1
The report is a factual account of a historical recognition project without political bias.
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