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Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Haifa was fought on 23 September 1918 towards the end of the Battle of Sharon which together with the Battle of Nablus formed the set piece Battle of Megiddo fought between 19 and 25 September during the last months of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Every year, on September 23, Haifa Day is commemorated by the Indian Army to remember the two Indian cavalry brigades who fought under British General Edmund Allenby to liberate the Israeli city Haifa from the Turkish–German forces in 1918, during World War I.

Detailed explanation-3: -On September 23, 1918, the cavalry regiments of the Mysore, Jodhpur and Hyderabad Lancers liberated Haifa.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of Haifa was a decisive battle fought on 23 September 1918„ where the elements consisting mainly of Indian troops of the British Army engaged and defeated the forces of the Ottoman Empire and their German allies. The battle was one of many during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.

Detailed explanation-5: -Aman Singh Rathore (Jodha) who had rallied the men and liberated Haifa city. The frontal attack was led by the Jodhpur Lancers with only swords and lances in their hands against a Turkish position fortified with machine guns and cannons.