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Indian soldiers, Gare du Nord rail station

Charles Lansiaux

Photograph, October 13, 1914

© Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris / Roger Viollet

India, at the time under British rule, sent more than 130,000 men to Europe. Charles Lansiaux's photographs and postcards from the period reveal the curiosity inspired by the Indian soldiers.

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