The battle of wits

Updated On May 11, 2014 01:30 pm IST
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Anglo-Irish soldier Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832 - 1914, front row, seated) with a bodyguard of Indian soldiers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Anglo-Irish soldier Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832 - 1914, front row, seated) with a bodyguard of Indian soldiers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Indian wounded out for a motorcade. (Photo credit: British Library) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Indian wounded out for a motorcade. (Photo credit: British Library)

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Romance blossomed at many of the military hospitals as English nurses came in contact with Indian soldiers. (Photo credit: British Library) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Romance blossomed at many of the military hospitals as English nurses came in contact with Indian soldiers. (Photo credit: British Library)

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October 1914: Indian infantrymen on the march in France during World War I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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October 1914: Indian infantrymen on the march in France during World War I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Sikh soldiers on the march in France at the start of World War I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Sikh soldiers on the march in France at the start of World War I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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