Overview

• Mayor Yona Yahav said, “In every school, we are changing the texts and saying that it wasn’t the British but the Indians who liberated us.”
• Findings by the Haifa Historical Society prompted the revision, overturning decades of classroom teaching that credited the British.
• Mysore, Hyderabad, and Jodhpur Lancers led the September 23, 1918 action on Mount Carmel, described by officials as one of the last classical cavalry campaigns.
• Records state the Jodhpur Lancers suffered eight killed and 34 wounded while capturing over 700 prisoners, 17 field guns and 11 machine guns.
• Commemorations continue with the Indian Army’s Haifa Day on September 23, annual tributes at the Haifa cemetery, and prior diplomatic honors including Modi’s 2017 visit and a 2018 stamp.