Not British, but Indian soldiers liberated Haifa from Ottomans, city mayor says

Mayor of Haifa, Yona Yahav, on Monday said that it was not the British but Indian soldiers who "liberated Haifa from the Ottomans" and that new history textbooks will highlight their role, news agency PTI reported. 

“Constantly we were told that this city was freed by the British till somebody from the Historical Society knocked at my door one day and said that they have done a thorough research and found that it wasn’t the British but the Indians who freed this city (from the Ottomans),” said Yahav.

"In every school, we are changing the texts and saying that it wasn’t the British but the Indians who liberated us," Yahav said while addressing a gathering. 

VIDEO | The Israeli city of Haifa on Monday paid tributes to fallen Indian soldiers, with the Mayor noting that the city's school history books are being changed to correct that it was Indian troops and not the British who liberated the city from Ottoman rule.

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