1. Role Of IndiaIn WorldWar I

2. India and World War One
India played a significant part in World
War One. However, India’s part in the
war is frequently overlooked as a
result of the horrors experienced in
trench warfare
and by Europe’s tendency to
home in on battles such as
those fought at the Somme
and Verdun, which many
assume only Europeans
fought in.

3. The First World
War:
•War involving nearly all the nations of the
world
•1914-1918
What?
When?

4. The First World War:
• Who?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
Russia
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
United States (1917)
Central
Powers:
Allies:

5. The First World War:
• Where?

8. The Indian Army
during World War I
contributed a number
of divisions and
independent brigades
to the European,
Mediterranean and the
Middle East theatres of
war in World War I.

9. The Indian Corps won 13,000 medals for gallantry
including 12 Victoria Crosses. Khudadad Khan
won the Corps first Victoria Cross.

10. Some of the weapons used in World War 1
by the Indian Soldiers

11. Includingweapondeadly technology was
used
• Machine guns
• Grenades
• Submarines
• Poison Gas
• Airplanes
• Tanks,etc.

12. In all 37 million people
were killed in the war
including military and
civilians. In total,800,000
Indian troops fought in all
the theatres of the war with
1½ million volunteering to
fight.

13. One million Indian troops served
overseas during the war, of these 62,000
died and another 67,000 were wounded.
In total, 74,187 Indian soldiers died in

14. Within the provincial
governments, ministers of
education, health and
public works could be
Indians nationals.
By the end of the war 26,000 men had served
overseas on Imperial Service. About 1 millions
Indians were given the right to vote.

15. First, the World War I ended up with the defeat
of the Central Powers under the leadership of
Germany.
Second, the World War I also saw the collapse
of four Empires-German, Austrian, Turkish and
Russian.

16. What was the result of the world war I?
• Third, the World War I paved the way for the
Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
• Fourth, Russia withdrew from the War by signing
the Treaty of Breast-Litovsk by which she had to
accept harsh terms dictated by Germany.
• Fifth, another important result of the World War I
was the triumph of democracy in Europe.
Democratic governments were established in
different countries of Europe.
• Sixth, as a result of the World War I the trade-
union movement started in different countries at
a large scale. The labour became actively
conscious about their rights.

19. LET US ALL
STAND AND
SALUTE OUR
INDIAN
ARMY