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Remembrance Day 2021: All you need to know about day commemorating end of First World War

The day is observed with two minutes of silence on 11 am on 11 November as it marks the anniversary of the end of the First World War, when the armistice was signed between the Allied forces and Germany Remembrance Day is marked annually on 11 November to commemorate the end of the First World War on 11 November, 1918. The day is observed with two minutes of silence on 11 am on 11 November as it marks the anniversary of the end of the First World War, when the armistice was signed between the Allied forces and Germany. The flower holds a special significance, and is worn to show respect for all people who died fighting in the First World War as well as the conflicts that followed it. India’s contribution to the First World War: The First World War saw an estimated 1.3 million Indian soldiers serving in the war, often in far-flung battlefields such as France and Belgium.

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