Rivlin pays tribute to Indian soldiers killed in Haifa in WWI

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin today visited Teen Murti Chowk here and paid tribute to soldiers who fought for liberating the Palestinian Port of Haifa during the First World War.
Rivlin, on a eight-day long visit to India, spent few minutes at the memorial today afternoon in posh Chanakyapuri area. He was accompanied by his wife Nechama Rivlin.
The memorial, located near the Teen Murti Bhavan, was built in 1922 to mark "victory of Haifa", a port city in northern Israel, where more than 900 brave Indian soldiers laid down their lives for liberating the Palestinian Port of Haifa during the First World War.

The soldiers were from the Lancers of Maharajas of Jodhpur, Mysore and Nizam of Hyderabad.
An Israeli official said there was a proposal to rename Teen Murti Chowk as "Teen Murti Haifa Mukti Chowk".