The Indian soldier has since time immemorial lived up to the maxim of Nishkama Dharma, or selfless service, enjoined upon him as a civilizational ethos for millennia. He has thus served his country with honour through the centuries. In the two world wars of the past century and in the numerous wars, campaigns and peace-keeping operations that the Indian Armed Forces have been engaged in since independence, their discipline and sense of duty have been a byword and a shining beacon of model conduct, valour and sacrifice. Successive generations of Indian soldiers have built upon the edifice of the past to leave a legacy that any nation would be proud of. In the epoch making First World War over 1.4 million Indians served under arms.
In the Second World War the Indian Army swelled to over 2.5 million men; the largest volunteer army in the history of human conflict. Indians fought and died in numerous battlefields around the world. This book seeks to chronicle the cemeteries and memorials
