why did the indian people help the british in world war?
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1 . India made a huge contribution to Britain’s war effort. It sent staggering numbers of volunteers to fight and die on behalf of the allied forces.
2 Almost 1.5 million Muslim, Sikh and Hindu men from regions such as the Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Bihar volunteered in the Indian Expeditionary Force
3 Indian Army contributed a large number of soldiers to the British and helped them win the war. British promised self-rule to India at the end of the war.
4 They failed to keep their promise, had they kept that pledge, the sacrifices of India's First World War soldiers might have been seen as a contribution to India's freedom in 1919.
5 13 lakh sodliers from Indians Army served during World War I fighting for the British.
6 Being a British colony, the Indian Army contributed a large number of soldiers to the European, Mediterranean and the Middle East conflicts of war in World War I.
7 More than 13 lakh Indian soldiers served during World War I fighting for the Britishers.They served in places as diverse as France and Belgium, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine and Sinai.
8 The Indian Army fought against the German Empire in East Africa and also on the Western Front.
9 As many as 74,187 of the Indian soldiers who served British in World War I lost their lives.
10 India dispatched 7 expeditionary forces overseas during the war. Out of the 13 lakh soldiers who fought for Britishers, as many as 69,214 returned home wounded.
11 Indian soldiers won a total of 11 Victoria