Joining millions of Christians across the world, Christians in Nagaland also celebrated Easter Sunday, a special day for Christians marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ after crucifixion. Besides this gathering, believers also had special prayer meetings respective churches to partake in the celebration.
Kohima War Cemetery Photos
Kohima War Cemetery is a memorial cemetery dedicated to soldiers of the 2nd British Division of the Allied Forces who died in the Second World War at Kohima, the capital of Nagaland, India, in April 1944. The battle which was fought in and around Garrison Hill in the tennis court area of the Deputy Commissioner's residence.
The World War II Cemetery in Kohima, Nagaland is a
popular tourist place in Kohima where visitors from abroad also pay a
visit including relatives of war veterans. There are no traces of any
buildings from that era but concrete white lines mark the tennis court
which used to be there.
The cemetery is maintained by the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), and there are 1,420 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War at this cemetery, and a memorial to an additional 917 Hindu and Sikh soldiers who were cremated in accordance with their faith.
The cemetery is maintained by the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), and there are 1,420 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War at this cemetery, and a memorial to an additional 917 Hindu and Sikh soldiers who were cremated in accordance with their faith.
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