Kohima War Cemetery
Where the Japanese advance into India was stopped in 1944, on the tennis court of the deputy commissioner's bungalow.
- Where
- Kohima, Nagaland, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 25.6674, 94.1037
Get the Kohima War Cemetery stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kohima War Cemetery. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Nagaland volume with your photos and a note.
Near Kohima War Cemetery
Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kohima 1.7 km
A cathedral shaped like a Naga house, built with Japanese help in memory of the 1944 dead.
Kisama Heritage Village 5.8 km
Morungs built by each of the seventeen Naga tribes, standing all year and full only during the Hornbill festival.
Khonoma 8.3 km
A village that gave up hunting in 1998 and set aside its forest, and where the British were held off in 1879.
Dzukou Valley 12 km
A valley of rolling grass at twenty four hundred metres, reached only on foot, with a lily that grows nowhere else.
Japfu Peak 13 km
The second highest peak in Nagaland at three thousand metres, with the tallest rhododendron on record on its slope.
Pfutsero 22 km
The coldest town in Nagaland.
Triple Falls 35 km
Three drops in one forest walk near Dimapur.
Kachari Ruins 45 km
Rows of carved stone pillars left by the Dimasa Kachari kings before the Ahoms came in 1536.
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Questions
Where is Kohima War Cemetery?
Kohima War Cemetery is in Kohima, Nagaland. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kohima (1.7 km), Kisama Heritage Village (5.8 km), Khonoma (8.3 km).
How do I get the Kohima War Cemetery stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kohima War Cemetery and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Nagaland volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Kohima War Cemetery before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Nagaland volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.