Ms Woolf said more than 2.5 million Indians went to war in World War Two to help with the “allied effort”.
“[It] included people from so many different countries, it wasn’t just Europe or America, or Britain,” said Ms Woolf.
“It was all these people who stood up because they believed in the British Empire. Because they wanted to fight for what they thought was a just cause.”
Mr Dutta, who died aged 68, moved to the UK after the war to start a new life having been granted citizenship for fighting alongside British personnel.
Ms Woolf said: “I like to tell this story because it shares the ties that we have… that history runs deep.
“It doesn’t start with people arriving on a boat.”