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Forgotten stories of Indian soldiers during World War I

New Delhi: Heartwarming stories, including romantic ones, about Indian soldiers who fought in the First World War as part of the British Army, culled from archives and personal testimonies, feature in a new documentary.The upcoming

PTI Updated on: July 10, 2014 7:53 IST
The footage have been obtained from the French Production House, the British Production House, the Imperial War Museum and the British Library.

“Not many pictures have been available of the Indian soldiers except the ones from the hospitals where King George V had gone to visit them,” Singh says.

Singh has used rare film footage, photographs, portraits, Indian war songs, sound recordings, interviews with the descendants of the soldiers.

“This is a remarkable example of what India and France can do together. The history of both the countries is not known in detail and this documentary will promote the relationship between both the countries,” says an official from the French Embassy, where Singh showed some photographs from his upcoming film at an event recently.


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