The War Dead of India
The forces of undivided India, including Gurkha regiments, played a
significant part in both world wars, and her 160,000 war dead are
buried and commemorated in 50 countries. India's volunteer
army suffered the heaviest losses, but other branches of the
Indian services also played their part. In accordance with the
requirements of their faith, most Hindu and Sikh servicemen who
died are commemorated on special cremation memorials erected in
many of the war cemeteries, while the graves of most of the Muslim
casualties are marked by headstones. The names of those servicemen
who have no known grave are inscribed on memorials to the missing
in the main campaign areas.
The Commitment in India
More than 62,000 Commonwealth war dead of the two world
wars are commemorated by the Commission in India. The cemeteries
and memorials are maintained by locally engaged staff under the
management of two group supervisors. One based at Kohima War
Cemetery is responsible for the sites in North East India and the
other, based at Delhi War Cemetery, for all the others. Also based
in Delhi is the Commission's Honorary Liaison Officer, who acts as
a line of communication between the Commission and the Indian
government.
Useful Links
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Internet sites.
Indian
Defence Ministry
Indian War Memorial Museum, Red Fort
(Delhi)
Forever India (Commission
Educational Resource)
India and the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission