The Great War And India Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

The Great War and India
Thousands of soldiers from India`s interior
(I.5 million)were sent to fight in the Great War
Many of them died and were maimed just
so Britain could keep its hegemony.
When books were written, and history told
somehow the Indian soldiers were mysteriously
forgotten erased out, until now.
But disquiet lingered India became restless
they served the British grudgingly formed
a political party but the Brits arrested, tortured
the leaders and threw them into jail, but
the idea once fomented didn`t die and 1947
It became a reality, India was free.