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105th Anniversary of Battle of Haifa
October 1 , 2023
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- The Battle of Haifa was fought during First World War as a part of the Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman Empire.
- The Indian Army commemorates September 23 as ‘Haifa Day’ every year to pay its respect to three Indian Cavalry, Mysore, Hyderabad and Jodhpur Lancers who were mainly involved in the war.
- The troops tasked with capturing the vital ports were the soldiers of the 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade, which mostly comprised Indian soldiers.
- Dalpat Singh Shekhawat was immortalised as the “Hero of Haifa”.
- This battle’s resulted in the following events:
- Partition of the Ottoman Empire,
- Leading to the eventual creation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, and the subsequent creation of the Kingdom of Iraq in 1932,
- The Lebanese Republic in 1943,
- The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic in 1946, and
- The State of Israel in 1948.
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