Two life-size metal figures of South Asian soldiers will be displayed at Rochdale Memorial Gardens.
A memorial to recognise more than 1.5 million South Asian people who fought for the British during the two world wars is due to be erected.
He said: "I feel that a lot of young South Asians in particular may have had their identities decoupled from Britain and British history just because of the way history is taught. "There were millions who fought and I think even in television and history books you don't really see their representation."
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