Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:29pm on 06 Jul 2026,Monday India Global
Thousands of forgotten Punjabi soldiers who served and died in World War I have been officially recognised after nearly 10,000 names were added to UK'S Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) casualty database. The names were uncovered by researchers studying historic Punjab Registers preserved at Lahore Museum in Pakistan. The update is the CWGC's largest since World War II and honours soldiers from the British Indian Army whose deaths were previously excluded from official records. Historians say the recognition helps acknowledge the contribution of troops from the Indian subcontinent and presents a more complete history of the First World War. (PC: BBC)
