The land of Imphal has been a mute spectator to many hostilities and confrontations over the last millennium. The scars of the war have faded with time immortal however; efforts have been made to remember those great warriors who laid their lives for a noble cause.

The War Cemeteries managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission is an attempt to commemorate the reminiscences of those British and Indian soldiers who succumbed during the combat during the Second World War.

The northeast Indian state of Manipur was a key battleground during the Second World War. A quiet corner of the Raj until then, in 1942 it suddenly found itself on the frontier between the Japanese in Burma (now Myanmar) and the British in India. It turned into a massive battlefield in 1944 when the Japanese, together with Indian National Army (INA) units, launched Operation U Go, with its main objective of capturing Imphal, Manipur’s capital. The period from March to July of that year saw fierce fighting take place across the state in what is called the Battle of Imphal.

On April 20, 2013, the combined battle of Imphal/Kohima was voted Britain's Greatest Battle by the National Army Museum of the UK.

The area has been tastefully embellished and presents a Serene and atoning atmosphere. The graves have been marker with small stone markers and bronze plaques chronicling the sacrifice of dauntless warriors.