When Indian bravehearts were commemorated at Haifa for the first time

July 06, 2017 15:24

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Indian cemetery in the Israeli city of Haifa today to pay homage to Indian soldiers who laid down their lives during the World War 1 while protecting the city from the powerful forces of the Ottoman Empire, here's a must-read Rediff article from September 2010, the first time a ceremony was being held to honour the Indian heroes of this battle.

In it, Vaihayasi Pande Daniel writes about the commemoration ceremony to honour these 'Indian bravehearts' on Haifa Day, 92 years after the campaign, that was attended by a handful of dignitaries -- representatives from the Haifa City Council, Israel's ministry of defence, the Haifa Historical Society, the Commonwealth Graves Commission as well as defence attaches from several countries, and India's Ambassador to Israel Navtej Sarna.

You can read the moving article here.

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