
India Gate rising high majestically in the middle of the Boat Club in view of the Parliament, Rashtrapati Bhawan and the Central secretariat buildings is the memorial to the Indian War heroes of the World War I. It has about 70,000 names of Indian soldiers who died in the WW I , fighting for the British Empire, mainly in the foreign lands and restored its supremacy in the world. But the number commemorated is only a faction of the total soldiers who were killed. It comes to lakhs and lakhs.
After about a century of the start of the I World War, UK Government is making amends by putting installation of 8,88,246 ceramic poppies on the famous Tower of London, in honour of so many soldiers, mainly Indian, who have been killed in action in the WWI.It will be unveiled on 5th August 2014, the day on which Britain entered the War.
Not only India was the Shining Star of the British Empire, but the Indian Army was the most powerful force of the British. The Indian Army and soldiers were utilised for about a century to keep the British Empire, the super Empire till the II World War, after which it fell in to pieces due to Independence of many of its colonies through out the world, including India.
The British should not only honour the soldiers, but also should return all the valuables that have been stolen, confiscated and looted from India, many of which are still put in the museums and kept with the Government. The Government of India should demand these valuable heritage of India to be returned to India.