The people paid tribute to the war heroes by visiting the cenotaph built in the memory of the brave Garo soldiers at Tura, the West Garo Hills district headquarters yesterday.
A gun salute was given which was followed by the laying of wreaths at the Cenotaph.
The function was attended by Garo Hills Autonomous District Council Chief Executive Member P K Sangma, Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board Greaterson Areng and West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner Pravin Bakshi.
About 1,000 men were recruited in the 69th Garo Labour Corps. However, only 500 were declared fit, of which 456 reached France that year.
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Historian and noted academician, Milton Sangma, who wrote a book on Garo Labour Corps said, "The soldiers displayed their courage and bravery during the World War I and got international recognition. The recruits won acclaim of the Allied commanders in France".
As per available records, only 58 of them died in the war.
A total of 74,123 persons recruited by the Indian Corps fell during World War I and 91,464 during World War II. The Commonwealth War Grave Commission has lists of all Indians who died during the war, the historian said.