In pictures: Indian soldiers on the First World War battlefields

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  A soldier from the Indian Lancers on patrol in France. Between 62,000 and 64,000 were killed in Europe or died of wounds received there. Photo Courtesy-French National Library

Pre-partition India, which included present-day Pakistan and Bangladesh, provided more than 1.27 million men to the Allies during the First World War. With this year marking the centenary of the beginning of the conflict, a new appreciation for the role of colonial soldiers among the Allied troops is beginning to emerge.