November 2022 \ World News \ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
VICTORIA PARK STATUE TO HONOR SIKH SOLDIERS

To recognise the contributions of Sikhs who fought in World Wars for the UK, a bronze statue of a Sikh soldier will be unveiled in late October at the Victoria Park, Leicester, the city that witnessed communal clashes in August this year.

London: To recognize the contributions of Sikhs who fought in World Wars for the UK, a bronze statue of a Sikh soldier was unveiled in November at Victoria Park, Leicester, the city that witnessed communal clashes in August this year. Sikhs from India played a key role in the British army during the two World Wars. They accounted for less than 2 per cent of India’s population during the Great War, but made up almost 20 per cent of the British Indian Army at the outbreak of hostilities.

 




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