How many of us have seen an Indian face in any book, movie of comic strip based on the First or Second World War? The racial bias that existed in the world during those days has completely wiped out Indian contribution during the World Wars (we were clubbed with `Commonwealth Soldiers and forgotten). The truth is that lakhs of Indian soldiers fought, died and many of them won gallantry awards during the Great Wars, more than most nations of that time.
It is the duty of us all to study and propagate historical facts related to Indian contribution to recent world history, only if we remember our own contribution to the creation of this world order will others give any importance to us. If we forget our own fallen soldiers, the world will also forget us…