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	\|name=Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial		\|name=Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial
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	\|coordinates={{Coord\|50\|34\|31.31\|N\|02\|46\|29.21\|E\|scale:1000\|display=inline,title}}		\|coordinates={{Coord\|50\|34\|31.31\|N\|02\|46\|29.21\|E\|scale:1000\|display=inline,title}}
	\|designer=Sir [[Herbert Baker]] <br>and [[Charles Wheeler (sculptor)\|Charles Wheeler]]		\|designer=Sir [[Herbert Baker]] <br>and [[Charles Wheeler (sculptor)\|Charles Wheeler]]
	\|inscription={{lang-en\|To the honour of the Army of [[India]] which fought in France and Belgium, 1914–1918, and in perpetual remembrance of those of their dead whose names are here recorded and who have no known grave <ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/144000 Neuve-Chapelle Memorial], Commonwealth War Graves Commission, accessed 14 January 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/memorials/neuve-chapelle-memorial.php \|title=The Neuve-Chapelle Memorial \|website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission \|access-date=1 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\|inscription={{lang-en\|To the honour of the Army of [[India]] which fought in France and Belgium, 1914–1918, and in perpetual remembrance of those of their dead whose names are here recorded and who have no known grave <ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/144000 Neuve-Chapelle Memorial], Commonwealth War Graves Commission, accessed 14 January 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/memorials/neuve-chapelle-memorial.php \|title=The Neuve-Chapelle Memorial \|website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission \|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref>
	}}<br>{{lang-fr\|En honneur de l'Armee de l'Inde qui a combattu en France et en Belgique 1914–1918, et pour perpetuer le souvenir de ses morts aux tombes inconnues dont les noms sont ici graves.<ref name="United Sikhs"/>}}		}}<br>{{lang-fr\|En honneur de l'Armee de l'Inde qui a combattu en France et en Belgique 1914–1918, et pour perpetuer le souvenir de ses morts aux tombes inconnues dont les noms sont ici graves.<ref name="United Sikhs"/>}}
	\|source={{cwgc cemetery\|144000}}		\|source={{cwgc cemetery\|144000}}
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	[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the World War I Memorial, in Neuve-Chapelle, France on April 11, 2015 (4).jpg\|thumb\|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] at the memorial in 2015]]		[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the World War I Memorial, in Neuve-Chapelle, France on April 11, 2015 (4).jpg\|thumb\|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] at the memorial in 2015]]
	The '''Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial''' is a [[World War I]] [[war memorial\|memorial]] in [[France]], located on the outskirts of the commune of [[Neuve-Chapelle]], in the [[département]] of [[Pas-de-Calais]]. The memorial commemorates some 4,742 [[Indian soldiers]] with no known grave, who fell in battle while fighting for the [[British Indian Army]] [[Indian Army during World War I\|in the First World War]]. The location of the memorial was chosen because of the participation by Indian troops at the [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]].		The '''Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial''' is a [[World War I]] [[war memorial\|memorial]] in [[France]], located on the outskirts of the commune of [[Neuve-Chapelle]], in the [[département]] of [[Pas-de-Calais]]. The memorial commemorates some 4,742 [[British Indian Army\|Indian soldiers]] (including [[Nepal]]) with no known grave, who fell in battle while fighting for the [[British Indian Army]] [[Indian Army during World War I\|in the First World War]]. The location of the memorial was chosen because of the participation by [[British Raj\|Indian]] ([[India]], [[Nepal]]) troops at the [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]].

	== History ==		== History ==
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	The memorial was the site for commemorations during the First World War centenary years, including a visit in April 2015 by the Prime Minister of India [[Narendra Modi]]. The Indian national anthem was played, a silence held, and a wreath laid. Modi wrote in the visitor's book:		The memorial was the site for commemorations during the First World War centenary years, including a visit in April 2015 by the Prime Minister of India [[Narendra Modi]]. The Indian national anthem was played, a silence held, and a wreath laid. Modi wrote in the visitor's book:

	{{cquote\|I am honoured to pay homage to the Indian soldiers here at the Indian Memorial at Neuve Chappelle. Our soldiers who fought in foreign lands in the Great War, have won the admiration of the world for dedication, loyalty, courage and sacrifice. I salute them.\|4=Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], 11 April 2015<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-s-make-in-india-dream-takes-off-with-airbus/article1-1336207.aspx\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412093907/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-s-make-in-india-dream-takes-off-with-airbus/article1-1336207.aspx\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=12 April 2015\|title=Modi in France: Prime Minister visits Airbus facility, pays homage to Indian soldiers\|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]\|date=11 April 2015\|access-date=9 September ~~2022~~}}</ref>}}		{{cquote\|I am honoured to pay homage to the Indian soldiers here at the Indian Memorial at Neuve Chappelle. Our soldiers who fought in foreign lands in the Great War, have won the admiration of the world for dedication, loyalty, courage and sacrifice. I salute them.\|4=Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], 11 April 2015<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-s-make-in-india-dream-takes-off-with-airbus/article1-1336207.aspx\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412093907/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-s-make-in-india-dream-takes-off-with-airbus/article1-1336207.aspx\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=12 April 2015\|title=Modi in France: Prime Minister visits Airbus facility, pays homage to Indian soldiers\|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]\|date=11 April 2015\|access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref>}}

	==Footnotes and references==		==Footnotes and references==
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	==External links==		==External links==
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	*[https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-cemeteries-and-memorials/144000/neuve-chapelle-memorial Details of the Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial] on the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] website		*[https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-cemeteries-and-memorials/144000/neuve-chapelle-memorial Details of the Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial] on the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] website
	*[http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/neuve-chapelle-memorial.html Details of the Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial on the WW1 Cemeteries website]		*[http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/neuve-chapelle-memorial.html Details of the Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial on the WW1 Cemeteries website]

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{{Infobox military memorial
|name=Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial
|country=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]
|image=[[File:Ypres Salient 23.jpg|300px]]
|caption= View from inside the Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial
|commemorates=[[Army of India]]
|unveiled=7 October 1927
|coordinates={{Coord|50|34|31.31|N|02|46|29.21|E|scale:1000|display=inline,title}}
|designer=Sir [[Herbert Baker]] <br>and [[Charles Wheeler (sculptor)|Charles Wheeler]]
|inscription={{lang-en|To the honour of the Army of [[India]] which fought in France and Belgium, 1914–1918, and in perpetual remembrance of those of their dead whose names are here recorded and who have no known grave <ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/144000 Neuve-Chapelle Memorial], Commonwealth War Graves Commission, accessed 14 January 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/memorials/neuve-chapelle-memorial.php |title=The Neuve-Chapelle Memorial |website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
}}<br>{{lang-fr|En honneur de l'Armee de l'Inde qui a combattu en France et en Belgique 1914–1918, et pour perpetuer le souvenir de ses morts aux tombes inconnues dont les noms sont ici graves.<ref name="United Sikhs"/>}}
|source={{cwgc cemetery|144000}}
}}
[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the World War I Memorial, in Neuve-Chapelle, France on April 11, 2015 (4).jpg|thumb|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] at the memorial in 2015]]
The '''Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial''' is a [[World War I]] [[war memorial|memorial]] in [[France]], located on the outskirts of the commune of [[Neuve-Chapelle]], in the [[département]] of [[Pas-de-Calais]]. The memorial commemorates some 4,742 [[Indian soldiers]] with no known grave, who fell in battle while fighting for the [[British Indian Army]] [[Indian Army during World War I|in the First World War]]. The location of the memorial was chosen because of the participation by Indian troops at the [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]].

== History ==
The memorial, designed by Sir [[Herbert Baker]], with sculpture by [[Charles Wheeler (sculptor)|Charles Wheeler]], is a circular enclosure centred on a tall pillar that is topped by a [[Lotus (plant)|lotus]] capital, and carved representations of the [[Star of India (flag)|Star of India]] and the [[Imperial Crown of India|Imperial Crown]]. One half of the circular enclosure consists of the panels of names of the dead, while the other half is open. Other architectural and sculptural features of the memorial include carved stone tigers, and two small domed [[chattri]]s. At the foot of the pillar is a [[Stone of Remembrance]] inscribed with the words: "Their name liveth for evermore." The main inscription is in both English and French, while the column also bears an inscription in English, [[Arabic]], [[Devanagari]] and [[Gurmukhi]]: "God is One, His is the Victory".<ref name="United Sikhs">[http://www.unitedsikhs.org/rtt/Sikhs_in_France.htm Sikhs And The Great War In France], United Sikhs, accessed 14 January 2010</ref>

The memorial was unveiled by [[F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead]], on 7 October 1927. The Earl of Birkenhead, who was present in his role as [[Secretary of State for India]], had served in France in World War I from 1914 to 1915 as a staff officer with the Indian Corps, and later co-wrote an official history titled ''The Indian Corps in France'' (1917, revised edition 1919). Also present at the unveiling ceremony was Marshal [[Ferdinand Foch]], who gave a speech in French. Attending the ceremony was a contingent of troops from India to represent the units that fought in France, including [[Sikh]]s, [[Dogra]]s, and [[Garhwali people|Garhwalis]].<ref name="United Sikhs"/> Foch's speech included the following addressed to them:

{{cquote|Return to your homes in the distant, sun-bathed East and proclaim how your countrymen drenched with their blood the cold northern land of France and Flanders, how they delivered it by their ardent spirit from the firm grip of a determined enemy; tell all India that we shall watch over their graves with the devotion due to all our dead. We shall cherish above all the memory of their example. They showed us the way, they made the first steps towards the final victory.|4=Marshal [[Ferdinand Foch]], 7 October 1927<ref>Taken from [http://www.unitedsikhs.org/rtt/Sikhs_in_France.htm Sikhs And The Great War In France], which states that this extract was taken from ''Neuve Chappelle - India's Memorial in France 1914–1918'', (London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1927)</ref>}}

Later additions to the memorials commemorated other Indian Army dead of both World Wars.

There are two recipients of the [[Victoria Cross]] are commemorated on the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial: [[Gabar Singh Negi]] and [[William Arthur McCrae Bruce]].<ref>[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ggfrmem1.htm#neuvec Names of VC Holders on Memorials in France] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041212042408/http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ggfrmem1.htm |date=12 December 2004 }}, www.victoriacross.org.uk, accessed 14 January 2010</ref>

== Prime ministerial visit ==
The memorial was the site for commemorations during the First World War centenary years, including a visit in April 2015 by the Prime Minister of India [[Narendra Modi]]. The Indian national anthem was played, a silence held, and a wreath laid. Modi wrote in the visitor's book:

{{cquote|I am honoured to pay homage to the Indian soldiers here at the Indian Memorial at Neuve Chappelle. Our soldiers who fought in foreign lands in the Great War, have won the admiration of the world for dedication, loyalty, courage and sacrifice. I salute them.|4=Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], 11 April 2015<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-s-make-in-india-dream-takes-off-with-airbus/article1-1336207.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412093907/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-s-make-in-india-dream-takes-off-with-airbus/article1-1336207.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 April 2015|title=Modi in France: Prime Minister visits Airbus facility, pays homage to Indian soldiers|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=11 April 2015|access-date=9 September 2022}}</ref>}}

==Footnotes and references==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-cemeteries-and-memorials/144000/neuve-chapelle-memorial Details of the Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial] on the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] website
*[http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/neuve-chapelle-memorial.html Details of the Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial on the WW1 Cemeteries website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120905090729/http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/others/neuve_chapelle_short.html Battle of Neuve-Chapelle, picture of memorial at time of construction and close-ups of architectural details, on the World War One Battlefields website]
*[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=The_Indian_Memorial_at_Neuve_Chapelle The Indian Memorial at Neuve-Chapelle] on the [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|National Archives]] website
*[http://www.unitedsikhs.org/rtt/Sikhs_in_France.htm Sikhs And The Great War In France, on the United Sikhs website]

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