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''Edwardian Splendour'' circa 1910. The Royal Mail leaving Bombay on the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]
The [[Karachi War Cemetery]] was created to receive Second World War dead from cemeteries scattered across the country. 
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The Karachi War Cemetery was created to receive Second World War dead from cemeteries scattered across the country.


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