PARIS: India will construct a war memorial at Villers Guislain, a town around 200 km from Paris, to highlight the contribution of the soldiers of the undivided India to the freedom of France in the World War I.
This was announced by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
“India will construct an Indian Armed Forces Memorial at Villers Guislain,” she said.
This will be the second such memorial in Europe, she said.
During the World War I, Villers-Guislain had witnessed a fierce battle in which the British Indian cavalry regiments were heavily involved. The town was liberated on September 29, 2018.
Swaraj, who arrived here from Rome yesterday on the second leg of her four-nation tour, addressed the Indian diaspora at a reception organised in her honour. She said that Indians in every part of the world carry India and its civilisational ethos in their heart. (AGENCIES)
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