A video showing Israeli police playing the Indian National Anthem on Haifa Day recently has gone viral on social media, displaying the unique bonhomie between the strategic partners. The Israeli police played the National Anthem during an event to mark the 107th anniversary of the Battle of Haifa. The ceremony was held in the presence of India’s Ambassador to Israel J.P. Singh.
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Israeli police band honored the brave Indian soldiers who freed Haifa in 1918 by playing Jana Gana Mana.
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While sharing a video from the event on X, the Indian Embassy in Israel wrote, it proudly marked the 107th anniversary of the Battle of Haifa and honoured the courage and heroism of the Indian soldiers, the cavalry from Jodhpur, Mysore, and the former Hyderabad, who liberated Haifa in 1918. On the occassion. Mayor of Haifa Yona Yahav notes that the city's school history books are being changed to correctly credit Indian troops and not British for freeing Haifa from Ottoman rule.
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