Photo Gallery 

 

 

THE INDIAN CEMETERY IN SALONIKA 

 

The photos are from the personal archives of  Mrs Helen Abadzi.
 


Bibliography

Abadzi, Helen. 2006. "The Indian Cemetery of Salonika". Athens: Indika Online.

Αμπατζή, Ελένη. 2006.  "To Ινδικό Νεκροταφείο της Θεσσαλονίκης". Αθήνα: Ινδικά Online.

Γούναρης Βασίλης, "Στη Μακεδονία τον καιρό του Μεγάλου Πολέμου

     (1914-1919)", Θεσσαλονικέων Πόλις 1 (Ιανουάριος 2000), 179-192.

 

Γερολύμπου, Αλεξάνδρα και Ευάγγελος Χεκίμογλου.  "Το Μακεδονικό Μέτωπο και Θεσσαλονίκη 1915-1919".  Θεσσαλονικέων Πόλις, Ιανουάριος 2000, σελ. 199.

Hickey, M. 2002. The First World War - The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923, Oxford.

Jukes, G. 2002. The First World War - The Eastern Front 1914-1918, Oxford.

Spear, Percival.  1970. A History of India. Vol. 2.  London: Penguin Books. σελ. 57.

The National Archives. (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/.../war_europe.htm)

Wars of the British Empire & Commonwealth, (http://www.regiments.org/milhist/wars/intro.htm).

 



 



 


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1. White Tower, monument - symbol of Salonika.

2. Indian soldiers in Salonika, 1915.

3. British troops in Salonika taking their daily quinine issue of 5 grains to guard against malaria. (Photograph courtesy: Imperial War Museum)

4. Entrance of the Indian Military Cemetery.

5. English inscription in the gate of the cemetery.

6. Greek inscription in the gate of the cemetery.

7. Cemetery's wall.

8. Names of Indian soldiers and followers in the monument of the cemetery.

9. Inscription in the gate reminding the Salonika Front, the Indian cemetery and the monument.

10. Central monument for the fallen Indian soldiers.

11. Inscription of the monument, "Salutations to God" in Sanskrit.

12. Central inscription of the monument for the fallen Indian soldiers.

13. Inscription of the monument, in Punjabi.

14. The tomb of the driver Singh Jacar.

15. The tomb of the driver Rudrappa, 1918.

16.  Entrance in the Indian Cemetery, Monastery Road.

17. Salonika and the Balkans during the 1st World War. (courtesy: nationalarchives) 

 

 

MEMORIES of the Greek Community in Bengal

 

DEMETRIOS GALANOS THE ATHENIAN (1760 -1833) - Α GREEK INDOLOGIST.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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