In Pics Indian troops during World War 1

World War 1

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As the world marks 107th anniversary of World War 1 this week, remembering the lessons offered by what the contemporaries like to call the 'Great War'.

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The Indian soldiers who fought -some 74,000 of them belonging to the undivided India- on behalf of the British government.

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Indian soldiers at bayonet (a knife that can be fixed to the end of a gun) exercise on the training field.

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Indian soldiers of Islamic faith offering prayers at their camp in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq).

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As a part of the Indian Expeditionary Force, 29th Lancers or 9 Horse regiment, one of the oldest regiments of Indian army making way through shell torn landscape in 1917.

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Sports day events were organised to give service personnel a break from their duties. This image features men from the Indian transport unit in a gymnastic.

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