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

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. CWGC 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.