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