The War Cemetery-Imphal.
During second world war in the year of 1942 the Japanese army captured Burma by defeating commonwealth force and planned to attack India through Manipur and Assam respectively.In parallel way British force reorganized their strength in Imphal as it was the easiest route to Burma.They built a new air field in Imphal and also started a general hospital in Manipur.It was named as 23rd Indian division in second world war history.
On other hand Approximately 400000 Indians who were living in Burma also fled to India via Imphal to Assam,but official reports are different it was only 140000 reported at Assam.
Considering all the above situation Japanese attacked India in spring of 1944.They started bombing in Imphal,due to that Imphal-Dimapur road were heavily damaged and closed for three months.
The common wealth force fought fearlessly against the Japanese and huge casualties happened in Japanese force,the siege of Imphal-Dimapur road withdrawn in 22th June-1944 as British and Indian troops met at a milestone named "109" for their next battle at Kohima -The capital of Nagaland.
Around 50000 Japanese solder died in Imphal and it was too expensive for them to continue.This battle is registered in history as "Normandy of the east".
It was recorded that in battle of Kohima and Imphal the total death of Japanese force was 65000 and from British and Indian force it was 18000 which is considered as the greatest battle in history.
The War cemetery located in Deulahland in Imphal and easily approachable from Dimapur-Imphal highway-NH-39 and also from Imphal airport 10 km away.
There are 1600 burial of war dead .All are marked with brass plaques with their name,location and mentioning life time. All of them were from Commonwealth force so they were from different country like 220 was from India,1300 from UK,10 from Canada,5 from Australia,40 from east Africa,10 from west Africa and 10 from Burma.
During second world war in the year of 1942 the Japanese army captured Burma by defeating commonwealth force and planned to attack India through Manipur and Assam respectively.In parallel way British force reorganized their strength in Imphal as it was the easiest route to Burma.They built a new air field in Imphal and also started a general hospital in Manipur.It was named as 23rd Indian division in second world war history.
On other hand Approximately 400000 Indians who were living in Burma also fled to India via Imphal to Assam,but official reports are different it was only 140000 reported at Assam.
Considering all the above situation Japanese attacked India in spring of 1944.They started bombing in Imphal,due to that Imphal-Dimapur road were heavily damaged and closed for three months.
The common wealth force fought fearlessly against the Japanese and huge casualties happened in Japanese force,the siege of Imphal-Dimapur road withdrawn in 22th June-1944 as British and Indian troops met at a milestone named "109" for their next battle at Kohima -The capital of Nagaland.
Around 50000 Japanese solder died in Imphal and it was too expensive for them to continue.This battle is registered in history as "Normandy of the east".
It was recorded that in battle of Kohima and Imphal the total death of Japanese force was 65000 and from British and Indian force it was 18000 which is considered as the greatest battle in history.
The War cemetery located in Deulahland in Imphal and easily approachable from Dimapur-Imphal highway-NH-39 and also from Imphal airport 10 km away.
There are 1600 burial of war dead .All are marked with brass plaques with their name,location and mentioning life time. All of them were from Commonwealth force so they were from different country like 220 was from India,1300 from UK,10 from Canada,5 from Australia,40 from east Africa,10 from west Africa and 10 from Burma.
INA museum -Moirang
To describe about INA museum Moirang a little bit history shold know.
INA museum is located at Moirang-Bishnupur district 45 km away to the south of capital Imphal-Manipur.
The structure of the museum is approx 100 years old and still standing with those unforgettable memories
like the movement of world war-II, Manipur battle and of our Great Netaji along with the memory of
first Tricolour hoisting day on the Indian soil for the provisional independent government.
In the year 1939 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose resigned from Indian National Congress and placed under house arrest by British government up to his great escape from India in 1940.He went to Germany and met Adolf Hitler to get help against British.On the other hand in 1942 Japanese force got success in south east Asia against commonwealth troop so Netaji wanted to return back to there and he boarded a German submarine arranged by Hitler in Madagascar and was transferred to another Japanese submarine and reached at Sumatra which was already occupied by Japanese at that time.
By Japanese support Netaji wanted to form the Indian National Army (INA) with those Indian soldiers who was from British-Indian force and also captured in the" battle of Singapore". Apart from that other Indian people who lived in Malay and Singapore joined with him.Netaji had charisma to creating popular Indian slogans, such as "Jai Hind" and the INA under him was a model of diversity by region, ethnicity, religion, and even gender.
They (INA) returned to India via Burma as it was already under Japanese control and made headquarter in moirang-Bishnupur district of Manipur.In 14th april, 1944 with the help of Manipuri people colonel Saukat Malik from the Indian National Army hoisted the Tricolour for the first time on the Indian soil.
In the INA museum in moirang that hoisting area is available and some related photographs are also kept there.
In the late1944 and early1945 Japanese attacked in Manipur, but British- Indian force devastatingly reversed them,results 50% of the INA soldier died along with a major nos of Japanese soldier died in this battle.Afterward rest of the INA soldier surrendered in Singapore.
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