The Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu, inaugurated the First World War Memorial constructed by the Government of India at the town of Villers Guislain in France.
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The land in Villers-Guislain was donated by the French government to the Government of India for constructing a memorial recognising the sacrifices of Indian soldiers during the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. Over 40,000 soldiers had died during that battle, including many Indians.
It was inaugurated by the Vice-President of India during his visit to Paris to attend the centenary year of the end of World War I.
This is the first such memorial built by the Government of India in France.
Nearly 1,40,000 Indian Soldiers took part in World War 1 in France and Belgium. 9,300 of them were killed and are buried in 168 cemeteries in France and Belgium.
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