A Blind Man Blessed Him by Every God. Then He Led India's Forgotten Army Corps

In January 1917 a retired British general told a London war diarist a story about his own birth: he was born during the Mutiny in India and hidden by a local man near Delhi. Years later he commanded the Indian Corps in France. By his own count it never had more than 25,000 men, took 25,000 casualties, and left for Mesopotamia "without a Thank-you from anybody except the Prince of Wales." एक अंग्रेज़ जनरल, जिसे बचपन में दिल्ली के पास एक हिंदुस्तानी आदमी ने छुपाकर बचाया था, आगे चलकर फ़्रांस में इंडियन कोर का कमांडर बना। पच्चीस हज़ार सिपाही, पच्चीस हज़ार हताहत, और धन्यवाद सिर्फ़ एक। From Charles à Court Repington, *The First World War 1914–1918*, Vol. I (1920), public domain. Jay narrates, with Meera and Soons, in English and Hindi. The book names no individual Indian soldier. If your family has one, tell us in the comments.