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Heliopolis Memorial in Egypt
June 27 , 2023
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- Indian Prime Minister pays his respects at the Heliopolis (Port Tewfik) Memorial in the Heliopolis War Cemetery in Cairo, Egypt.
- It is part of the larger Heliopolis Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery.
- This memorial commemorates the memory of 3,727 Indian soldiers who died fighting in various campaigns in Egypt and Palestine in the First World War.
- The original Port Tewfik memorial had been unveiled in 1926 and was situated at the entrance to the Suez Canal.
- A new memorial bearing the names of the Indian was erected in Heliopolis Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in 1980.
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