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Tributes for late SAF veteran from his peers - and India too
Ishwar Lall Singh contributed to India's independence struggle and later served in SAF for 22 years
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It was 1943, in the midst of World War II, and Mr Ishwar Lall Singh wanted to join the Indian National Army (INA) to help with India's independence struggle.
But only 14 years old then, he was told by Indian nationalist Subhash Chandra Bose that he was too young to join the fight.
