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The Indian soldiers in World War II who refused to join the Indian National Army
October 28, 2025 11:43 am
Gautam Hazarika explores the hesitation and the fate of the Indian soldiers and officers who did not join the INA in his recent book.
Bose, Berlin and the call for Indian independence in Nazi Germany
September 01, 2025 3:06 pm
The Indo-German link in the freedom struggle, though unusual, dated back to the First World War. What bound the two sides together was a shared hostility toward Britain.
Putin lays flowers for Soviet pilots buried in Alaska after Trump summit; here’s why they are buried there
August 16, 2025 11:22 am
Putin visited Fort Richardson National Cemetery near Anchorage, where a section commemorates Soviet airmen who died in Alaska during the war.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025: Know the date, history, theme, significance, and more
January 27, 2025 12:11 pm
The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust holds profound significance as it serves to honour the memory of over a million Jews and other victims who passed during one of the most devastating genocides in history.
The forgotten story of Calcutta’s once thriving Japanese community
March 18, 2024 7:57 am
It is estimated that as many as 10,000 Japanese people were living in Calcutta at one point. In the years following Japan's air raids on Calcutta during the Second World War, most of these people were deported and the community largely disappeared.
Glasgow to build World War memorial: Remembering the often-forgotten Indian soldiers
December 30, 2022 7:01 am
Over four million British Indian troops served with distinction in both the World Wars combined, seeing action in almost every theatre of War. Here's a brief look at their contributions and bravery.
Memorial on Maldives' Addu Atoll: remembering the dead of World War 2
March 27, 2022 9:19 pm
The Addu Atoll Memorial commemorates 70 personnel of the armed forces of undivided India who were killed at the RAF base on the island between 1942 and 1944.
Explained: Two contentious laws, opposed by the US, that shook Poland's ruling coalition
August 13, 2021 11:22 am
The Polish parliament has passed two Bills that make changes to media ownership rules and to property restitution laws for Holocaust survivors, attracting criticism from the US and the EU, and sparking protests across the country.
NFSU to join hands with US agency to recover remains of WWII personnel
May 31, 2021 1:43 am
As per the MoU, the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) under the DOD will come to India to trace, recover and identify the missing personnel of US Army of World War II in India.
70 years after court martial, documentary seeks redemption for ‘Hero of Poonch’
January 19, 2021 12:24 pm
Brig Pritam Singh, who had been awarded the Military Cross for bravery during the Second World War, had led a year-long dogged defence of Poonch (J&K) in 1947-48 against Pakistani invaders. However, he was court martialled in 1951 due to professional rivalry and intrigues.
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