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Nippon Foundation

June 23 , 2019 1986 days 824 0
  • The Nippon foundation of Japan funded a museum of Peace in Red Hill, near Manipur’s capital Imphal.
  • It was to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal, one of the fiercest battles of the Second World War.
  • Japanese Soldiers clashed with Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose and British forces in areas around Imphal and Kohima from March to June 1944.
  • The Japanese War Memorial was built in 1994 at Red Hill to mark the 50th anniversary of the battle.

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