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Later in an interaction with journalists, French Ambassador in India Alexandre Ziegler said that 1.3 lakh Indian soldiers had fought in the French army. They were mostly recruited from French territories in India, Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, Yanam and Chandanagore . The war had claimed the lives of 74,000 Indian soldiers of which 500 of them were from the above-mentioned states.
Stating that there is a strong memory of contribution of Indian soldiers, there were monuments in France and several books have been published. Vijay Singh’s film 'Farewell to my Indian soldier', a touching tale of Indian soldier and French woman was screened on television as well as in Alliance Francaise . On Tuesday, the first screening of non-fiction film’ Forgotten army’ made by a French journalist and a book titled ‘French India and the Great War’ essaying the memories will be released. Puducherry has a tradition to join the French army, though now it has declined , but still they are joining the armed force.
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