Italy: Sikhs will remember and honour their fallen from World War II in a special event this Saturday at the Indian Army War Cemetery, via Ravegnana, Forlì, Italy. At the event, organised by the World Sikh Shaheed Military Committee Novellara, will ...
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Newcastle’s Sikh community remembers its World War I dead.
UK: The fallen of the Great War were remembered by the Sikh community in Newcastle with a colourful march through the city. The commemoration of World War I can often be a solemn occasion, but one event held in Newcastle ...
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UK: During the coming commemorations of the First World War, it will be important to remember the sacrifices our friends and Allies made. The Indian Army played an important role, with almost one-and-a-half million Indian troops fighting for the Allies. ...
Read More »‘Proud’ Sikh ex-soldier of British Army passes away at 98
London, UK: Bur Singh Johal, who fought for the British Army in Burma, Malaya and Singapore and had tea with Lord Mountbatten while serving in Burma, has died aged 98 in the East Midlands city of Derby. Hailing from Punjab, Johal ...
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