New Delhi: Paying tributes to Indian soldiers who fought in World War I which ended a century ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said India was committed to peace and pledged to create an atmosphere where wars don’t occur.
President Ram Nath Kovind also saluted the Indian soldiers “for their sacrifice in East Africa and the Western Front, Gallipoli and the Gulf, the sea attack Chennai and the skies above France. Their memory commits us to global security and global peace.”
Modi said: “Today, as we mark 100 since the end of the horrific World War I, we reiterate our commitment towards world peace and pledge to work to further an atmosphere of harmony and brotherhood so that the trail of death and destruction caused by wars does not occur.
India remembers our brave soldiers who fought in WW-1 This was a war in which India was not directly involved yet our soldiers fought world over, just for the cause of peace.
Here is what I had spoken about India and WW-1 during last month's #MannKiBaat. https://t.co/DTdwxxrEK3
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 11, 2018
Remembering the soldiers who fought in the war, the Prime Minister said India was not directly involved in the conflict but Indian soldiers fought across the world for the cause of peace.
“I have had the honour of paying tributes at the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial in France and at the memorial in Israel’s Haifa, places associated with India’s role in World War I,” he said.
I have had the honour of paying tributes at the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial in France and at the memorial in Israel's Haifa, places associated with India's role in the First World War.
When PM @netanyahu came to India, we paid tributes at the Teen Murti-Haifa Chowk. pic.twitter.com/6u6hcaUUt9
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 11, 2018
“When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to India, we paid tributes at the Teen Murti-Haifa Chowk.”
World War I lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918.
IANS