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Indian soldiers of WW I remembered

Luke Harding

Wunsdorf (Germany): Until recently there was nothing to identify the quiet, leafy spot where Jafarullah Mohammad and Mata Din Singh were buried. The two servicemen were among thousands of Indian volunteers who fought for Britain in the First World War, and were captured at sea or on the western front.

For more than 80 years, the German graveyard where Mohammad, Singh and 204 other Indian volunteers are buried was forgotten. But on Saturday the war cemetery in Wunsdorf, in a forest 40 km south of Berlin, is to be officially reopened. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004

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