On Sunday 10th November 2024, Hindu organisations across towns and cities the UK participated in Remembrance Sunday events to commemorate lives of British and Commonwealth military and civilian service people in the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts.
In the image: The team from Bradford Hindu Council here taking part in commemorations at the city’s Commonwealth War Memorial. The first outside of London, this monument specifically remembers the contribution India, Sri Lanka and other commonwealth nations made towards Britain’s war efforts. Dharmesh Mistry from Bradford Hindu Council also represented the community at the War Memorial service in Leeds.
A plaque to commemorate the wounded soldiers of the British Indian Army of WW1 was unveiled at ceremony at a former military hospital, now Bournemouth Civic Centre, on 20 November 2024 – a date which marks the 110th anniversary of the troops’ first arrival in town.