The Israeli city of Haifa is rewriting its history textbooks to formally recognize the role of Indian soldiers in liberating the city from Ottoman rule during World War I.

The announcement was made by Mayor Yona Yahav at a memorial ceremony honoring fallen Indian soldiers at their cemetery in Haifa. Advertisement

“In every school, we are changing the texts and saying that it wasn’t the British but the Indians who liberated us,” Yahav declared. He recalled growing up being taught that the British freed the city, until new research by the local Historical Society revealed otherwise.

The correction highlights the valor of the Mysore, Hyderabad, and Jodhpur Lancers, whose cavalry charge on September 23, 1918, is remembered as one of the last great cavalry campaigns in history. During World

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