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==Second World War==
The Prisoners-of-war were interned in India in 29 camps forming 6 Groups of camps. In addition, there were two Civil Internment Camps at Dehradun and Deoli and one camp in Delhi for the Japanese prisoners captured in Burma.At least one Italian POW is known to have been transferred from India to POW camps in Australia.<ref>Francesco Barbera was an Italian POW captured in North Africa in 1941, who spent a few years In India. He was sent to Australia in 1943 where he spent time in POW camps in Liverpool, Cowra, Tumut and St Ives, now a suburb of Sydney. Article in ''North Shore Times'' 25 April 2014, page 11</ref>
*Group I – [[Bangalore]]: Camps 1 to 8 - Italian prisoners.
*Group II – Bhopal: Camps 9 to 16 – Italian prisoners. Camp 16 was a hospital. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_Bairagarh Bhopal Bairagarh] (Wikipedia)
