The Indian troops are also divided into different classes, with many having connections to Indian princes and nobles. These people are certainly to be taken back, as they can be considered one of the foundations of British rule in India. Without the cooperation of India's high-caste ruling class, Britain could never completely control the Indian region.
Of course, even if Britain doesn't want them, East Africa won't keep Indians just to feed them for nothing. Although East Africa has always been a slave state, it is also a state moving away from slavery, and with so many Indians captured in the South African war, East Africa won't even give them a chance to become slaves.
In the eyes of the East African Government, British prisoners are still their "sweetheart." To the British government, they cannot just let tens of thousands of Brits stay in East Africa, a pressure no ordinary person can bear, and this is also an important guarantee for East Africa to realize its "spoils of war."
