Kohima:
Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, today paid homage to the hundreds of soldiers of the Allied Forces who fell in the fierce battle of Kohima in 1944 in the Second World War, at the Commonwealth War Cemetery.
Prince Andrew, who is visiting India to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, is the first person from the royal family to visit the war cemetery constructed in memory of soldiers of the Allied Forces.
He will also visit the Second World War Museum at Kisama Heritage Village, 12 km south of Kohima, officials said.
The Nagaland government is arranging a civic reception in the honour of the visiting royal later in the day at the convention centre of Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) near the civil secretariat complex.
Top tribal council Naga Hoho has welcomed Prince Andrew.
In a statement, Hoho President Kevilatuo Kewho and Vice President Inaka Assumi said that the World War Cemetery would perhaps remind the Prince of the crucial role that Nagaland and its people had played in the world history and the history of the British empire.
"We believe memories are long and for all the support and sacrifices made for the British empire, the brave warriors of the Naga Hills will not be forgotten by the British government," the statement said.
Prince Andrew, who is visiting India to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, is the first person from the royal family to visit the war cemetery constructed in memory of soldiers of the Allied Forces.
He will also visit the Second World War Museum at Kisama Heritage Village, 12 km south of Kohima, officials said.
The Nagaland government is arranging a civic reception in the honour of the visiting royal later in the day at the convention centre of Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) near the civil secretariat complex.
Top tribal council Naga Hoho has welcomed Prince Andrew.
In a statement, Hoho President Kevilatuo Kewho and Vice President Inaka Assumi said that the World War Cemetery would perhaps remind the Prince of the crucial role that Nagaland and its people had played in the world history and the history of the British empire.
"We believe memories are long and for all the support and sacrifices made for the British empire, the brave warriors of the Naga Hills will not be forgotten by the British government," the statement said.
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