Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday visited the cemetery of Indian soldiers in Israel who had laid their lives during the War of Liberation of Haifa in 1918.
Haifa celebrated the centenary year of its liberation by Indian cavalry units in September, paying warm tributes to the courage shown by them in what is considered by most of the war historians as the "last great cavalry campaign in history".
Singh, who is a well-acclaimed military historian and has penned books like 'Saragarhi' and 'The Defence of the Samana Fort', visited the Commonwealth Cemetery for the Battle of Haifa martyrs and paid his tributes to the Indian soldiers who had laid their lives while protecting the Israeli city of Haifa from the Ottoman Empire forces during World War I.
Haifa municipality has immortalised the sacrifice of the Indian soldiers in the liberation of Haifa by including a chapter on their bravery in history textbooks taught at schools.
Singh is on a five-day visit to Israel that commenced on Monday. He is heading a high level delegation to the country to strengthen Punjab's cooperation with the middle east nation in the field of agriculture, horticulture, dairy farming and waste water management, besides trying to attract investments in the state.
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