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2007-11-13 India-Pakistan

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Indian army soldiers stands guard as the dead body of a suspected militant lies on a road near the site of a gun battle in Dooru, a village 55 kilometers (35 miles) north of Srinagar, India

Posted by john frum 2007-11-13 15:13|| 2007-11-13 15:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Elsewhere....

Indian Army Soldiers observe silence in honor of those departed during World War I on Armistice Day at a memorial service at the St. Marks Cathedral in Bangalore, India, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007

Posted by john frum 2007-11-13 15:14|| 2007-11-13 15:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Very handsome. Thanks, John.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-11-13 15:15|| 2007-11-13 15:15|| Front Page Top

India Gate

Built in the memory of more than 90,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives during the Afghan Wars and World War I. The names of the soldiers who died in these wars are inscribed on the walls.

Inscribed on top of India Gate in capital letters is the line:

To the dead of the Indian armies who fell honoured in France and Flanders, Mesopotamia and Persia, East Africa, Gallipoli and elsewhere in the near and the far-east and in sacred memory also of those whose names are recorded and who fell in India or the north-west frontier and during the Third Afgan War.

The shrine itself is a black marble cenotaph with a rifle placed on its barrel, crested by a soldier's helmet, which marks the Unknown Soldier's Tomb. Each face of the cenotaph has inscribed in gold the words "Amar Jawan" (Immortal Warrior). This cenotaph is itself placed on an edifice which has on its four corners four flames that are perpetually kept alive.

Posted by john frum 2007-11-13 15:33|| 2007-11-13 15:33|| Front Page Top

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