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Imphal War Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
War Cemetery in Imphal
Used for those deceased
Location24°49′21″N 93°56′46″E / 24.82247°N 93.94623°E / 24.82247; 93.94623
near 
Imphal, Manipur, India
Designed byColin St Clair Oakes
Total burials1600
Burials by nation
British Commonwealth, mainly United Kingdom (1300)
Burials by war
World War II: 1600

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.[1] Many of the people buried in the cemetery were killed during the Battle of Kohima and Imphal.

  1. ^ "Imphal War Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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