Imphal War Cemetery

The Imphal War Cemetery is located in Imphal, the capital of the Indian state of Manipur, in Northeast India, which has an international border with upper Burma (now Myanmar). The cemetery has 1,600 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.Earl Louis Mountbatten described the battle fought at Imphal and Kohima as "probably one of the greatest battles in history". In 2013, the Battle of Kohima and Imphal was voted as one of the greatest battles in history, based on a national survey conducted by the National Army Museum.LocationThe cemetery is located in Imphal, in a small locality of Deulahland away from the Imphal International Airport. It is approachable from the Imphal-Dimapur Highway 39, through a branch road which is about to the right of the high way and in front of the DM college. Daily air services operate from Calcutta, Guwahati and Silchar. The road distance from Imphal to Kohima is to its north and to Silchar is to its west. Regular buses operate between Guwahati in Assam to Imphal. There is no rail network in Manipur.