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Kohima,
the
capital
city
of
Nagaland
state,
is
some
200
kilometres
from
the
Indo-Burmese
border
(now
known
as
the
Indo-Myanmar
border).
Kohima
is
best
reached
by
air
from
Calcutta
to
Dimapur
or
from
Delhi
to
Dimapur
via
Gauhati
in
Assam
State
and
then
by
a
winding
road
up
the
mountains.
Kohima
is
74
kilometres
from
Dimapur.
It
can
also
be
reached
by
road
from
Gauhati
-
a
long
and
difficult
journey.
Kohima
War
Cemetery
is
situated
on
the
left
of
the
Imphal-Diampur
road
(Highway
39)
close
to
the
centre
of
the
town.
Kohima
War
Cemetery
is
open
everyday
09:00-16:00.
The
cemetery
is
completely
terraced
with
terrace
levels
ranging
from
3
-
5
metres
high
which
makes
wheelchair
access
to
this
site
impossible.
The
Japanese
advance
into
India
was
halted
at
Kohima
in
April
1944
and
Garrison
Hill,
a
long
wooded
spur
on
a
high
ridge
west
of
the
village,
was
the
scene
of
perhaps
the
most
bitter
fighting
of
the
whole
Burma
campaign
when
a
small
Commonwealth
force
held
out
against
repeated
attacks
by
a
Japanese
Division.
The
fiercest
hand
to
hand
fighting
took
place
in
the
garden
of
the
Deputy
Commissioner's
bungalow,
around
the
tennis
court,
but
the
heaviest
casualties
on
both
sides
occurred
after
relieving
forces
reached
the
Garrison
and
the
Japanese
were
driven
off
the
ridge,
so
re-opening
the
road
to
Imphal.
KOHIMA
WAR
CEMETERY
lies
on
the
battle
ground
of
Garrison
Hill
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