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UK Apologises as Commonwealth Report Finds Racism Against Indian Soldiers Killed in WWI


UK Apologises as Commonwealth Report Finds Racism Against Indian Soldiers Killed in WWI
The report found that an 45,000-54,000 casualties, predominantly Indian, East African, West African, Egyptian and Somali personnel, were commemorated unequally.
Soldiers in World War I. Photo: Wikipedia Commons
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London: Entrenched prejudices, preconceptions and pervasive racism of contemporary imperial attitudes meant that nearly 50,000 Indian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire during the World War I were not commemorated the same way as other martyrs, finds a new review released on Thursday.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), which commemorates the 1.7 million Commonwealth servicemen and women who died during the two World Wars, had created a Special Committee in late-2019 to investigate potential gaps in the commemoration of those who died during and after the World War I. ....

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Fallen soldiers outside Europe not equally commemorated, finds new report


Fallen soldiers outside Europe not equally commemorated, finds new report
The government and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have apologised for the error, and plans have been made to correct it
WE WILL REMEMBER: A memorial to African soldiers who fought for France inaugurated in 1924, taken in Bamoko, Mali(Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)
AT LEAST 116,000 casualties of World War One were not commemorated by name, or possibly at all, according to a special committee report.
That number could be as high as 350,000. In addition, between 45,000 and 54,000 additional casualties were not equally commemorated.
The vast majority of those affected were of African, Indian or Egyptian origin. ....

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Commonwealth report finds racism against Indian WWI martyrs, UK Defence Secy offers apology


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London, April 22
Entrenched prejudices, preconceptions and pervasive racism of contemporary imperial attitudes meant that nearly 50,000 Indian soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire during the World War I were not commemorated the same way as other martyrs, finds a new review released.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), which commemorates the 1.7 million Commonwealth servicemen and women who died during the two World Wars, had created a Special Committee in late-2019 to investigate potential gaps in the commemoration of those who died during and after the World War I.
In its review released on Thursday, it found that an estimated 45,000-54,000 casualties, predominantly Indian, East African, West African, Egyptian and Somali personnel, were commemorated unequally. ....

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