Forgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first time
- Around 1.4 million people from the subcontinent – now India, Pakistan and Bangladesh – are known to have served in the British Indian Army in WW1.
- In the years that followed the war, officials visited every town and village in Punjab in an effort to record the names and fates of each of the 320,000 servicemen who came from that state alone.
- Following India's partition in 1947 the state of Punjab was split between India and Pakistan.
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- Around 1.4 million people from the subcontinent – now India, Pakistan and Bangladesh – are known to have served in the British Indian Army in WW1.
- In the years that followed the war, officials visited every town and village in Punjab in an effort to record the names and fates of each of the 320,000 servicemen who came from that state alone.
- Following India's partition in 1947 the state of Punjab was split between India and Pakistan.
Sources: BBC News