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Thousands of forgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first time

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Thousands of forgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first time
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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.

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

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