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Prince Andrew to visit Kohima tomorrow

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Press Trust of India Kohima

As per programmes scheduled for the visit of the Duke, after his arrival the Prince will visit Kohima World War-II cemetery and place a wreath in memory of those who fell in the gruesome battle of 1944, the sources said.

It would be the first time that a member of British Royal family visits Kohima where the most decisive ground battle of second world war was fought between Allied Force and the invading Japanese army during the summer of 1944 where hundreds of friends and foes gave their life in far away land.

Those who died in the Kohima battle were either buried or cremated on a hillock in the middle of the town where war cemetery was constructed and maintained by Commonwealth War Grave Commission.

 

The visiting Prince will be accorded public reception at newly constructed Convention Centre of Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) near the civil secretariat complex here.

He will also visit the World War-II museum at Kisama Heritage Village, about 12 km south of this capital town in the afternoon, officials said.

  

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First Published: Apr 30 2012 | 8:35 PM IST

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