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Certainly, there have been noteworthy efforts to bring this record to the<br />
attention of the wider public, such as the ‘Exhibition Islam and Shared War<br />
Project’, which ran in Watford during January 20<strong>11</strong>. This weekend exhibition,<br />
supported by Watford Borough Council, sought to inform visitors about the<br />
courage displayed by Indian volunteers during the two World Wars. 437 For the last<br />
<strong>11</strong> years, the MoD has run an exhibition – ‘We Were There’ – attempting to<br />
highlight the contribution of Commonwealth soldiers to the British armed<br />
forces. 438 But more can still be done. This story remains one of the most colourful<br />
and moving in our history: what is now needed is a renewed push from<br />
Government to give it expression in the contemporary era, thus inspiring a new<br />
generation to serve the nation.<br />
Conclusion – Reviving Muslim Service in the Armed Forces<br />
437http://www.watfordobserver.<br />
co.uk/leisure/localexhibitions/879<br />
2490.India_s_war_effort_honour<br />
ed_in_pictures/<br />
438 http://web.archive.org/web/<br />
20090528193632/http://www.we<br />
werethere.defencedynamics.mod<br />
.uk/index.html<br />
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