Sikh Soldiers in the “Battaglione Azad Hindoustan”, an Indian volunteer infantry battalion of the Royal Italian Army, subordinated to the Raggruppamento Frecce Rosse, formerly Centro Militare I, fighting for Fascist Italy.
Role of Sikh Soldiers in Italy WW2:
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In Vār Ḥaqīqat Rāi the poet notes:
Trai lāgī śagan liye, bhāṭ, purohit te nāī.
Three lāgīs brought the auspicious wedding gifts (śagan): the Bhāṭ (bard), the Purohit (priest) and the Nāī (barber).
It is possible that, in the case of the soldier who wrote the letter, these customary functionaries in their village were involved in encouraging female infanticide.
Former Prime-Minister and then President of the BJP, Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on the Indian National Congress’ role in the state-orchestrated pogroms against the Sikhs in November 1984:
In line with Sikh Ethics, A British-Sikh soldier (Isher Singh) in France during the First World War writes a letter home warning his brethren against Brahminical practices, condemning female infanticide (kuṛīmār) and stressing the equality amongst offspring regardless of gender.
“He has gone straight to Paradise, because that is the reward of death in the field of battle in the service of the King. He has in fact achieved in an instant that which saints can only hope to secure after many years of trial.”
Ressaidar Jowan Singh 2nd Lancers
France, 1917.
"We do not fight for values," said Powell. "I would fight for this country even if it had a Communist government… values exist in a transcendental realm, beyond space and time. They can neither be fought for, nor destroyed."
Enoch Powell, in a conversation with PM Thatcher.































