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== External links ==
*First World War regimental diaries of the Indian Infantry units deployed to the Western Front are available online to download via The National Archives's [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/ First World War 100] portal.<ref> [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/962.htm Indian infantry unit war diaries go online] The National Archives</ref> At September 2014, 171 were available. They are not personal diaries. See TNA’s [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/war-diaries-ww1.htm British Army war diaries 1914-1922] for more details about this type of record. Searching is free, but there may be a charge to download documents.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/india_wwone_01.shtml India and the Western Front] Article by Dr David Omissi on BBC History website.
*[http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/stories/khudadad-khan-ghulam-haider-hollebke-east-africa.php Khudadad Khan and Ghulam Haider of the 129th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Baluchis] For his remarkable courage, at the village of Hollebeke, near Ypres in Belgium. Khudadad Khan was the first Indian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross. cwgc.org
*[http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2012/letters-from-the-west/ Letters from the West] Reports of the Censor of Indian Mails in France. Links to online digitsed manuscripts from India Office Records. generalist.org.uk/
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