Digboi War Cemetery: 'World War II' Military cemetery in India
Digboi town is located in the north-eastern corner of Assam, on the road to Ledo, near the border of Burma. Just 1.5 km from the Indian Oil Centre, on the road to the Pengaree Tea Estate, lie the remnants of the most dramatic event that took place in the history of Digboi, during the Second World War. The World War II started in September 1939 and became a global military conflict, involving a majority of the countries in the world. Approximately sixty million people died as a result of the war, twenty million of which were soldiers and the rest were civilians.
During the war, the state of Assam, situated in the north-eastern zone of India, served as an operational area of the Burmese campaign. The town of Digboi, situated near the Burmese border, was on the lines of communication and a military hospital was established in the area, for the purpose of treating the war casualties. Digboi War Cemetery was initially started for the burials from the hospital. By the end of the war, a total of 70 burials had been recorded. Later, Army graves were also transported from the graveyards in Panitola, Jorhat, Ledo, Margherita and Tinsukia, to Digboi.
Maintenance of graveyards in Panitola and other areas was becoming a major problem, so the graves were transferred to Digboi. Graves were also transported from the US Military Cemetery at Shingvuoiyang, Burma. As a result, a large collection of corpse accumulated on the small spur of land rising from the main road, near the hospital. However, due to the earthquake in 1950 and the subsequent landslides caused by heavy rains, it became necessary to shift the cemetery to a place which would not be affected by erosion. The cemetery was hence shifted to the present site i.e. 1.5 km from the Indian Oil Centre.
Looking at the thousands of burials over this vast expanse of land, one can imagine the horror of the war that took place about 70 years ago. A sense of worship and respect automatically comes to the heart of the people when they come to pay obeisance to the war heroes at the cemetery. The cemetery now has around 200 burials of the Second World War. This cemetery is a historical place where thousands of brave soldiers are resting in peace. On every second Saturday of November, a prayer ceremony is held to remember the brave souls and verses from Holy texts, like Bible, Gurugranth Sahib, Geeta and Koran, are read. A visit to this place is essential to pay homage to the valiant people who lost their life during World War II.
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CountryIndiaTotal identified casualties194Find these recordsCasualties fromSecond World WarGPS CoordinatesLatitude: 27.40394
Longitude: 95.65767
‹›Location Information
Digboi is in the north-eastern corner of the state, near the Burmese border and on the road to Ledo. Digboi War Cemetery is outside the town some 1.5 kilometres from the main India Oil (Assam) Works on the road to Pengaree Tea Estate.
Visiting Information
Digboi War Cemetery is open every day between 08:00-17:00 (summer) and 08:00-16:00 (winter). Wheelchair access to cemetery with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
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During the Second World War the state of Assam, in India's Eastern Command, was an operational area of the Burma Campaign. Digboi, in the north-eastern corner of the state, near the Burmese border and on the road to Ledo, was on the lines of communication, and a military hospital was established there. Digboi War Cemetery was started for burials from the hospital and at the end of the war contained 70 burials. Later, the Army Graves Service brought in further graves from burial grounds in Panitola, Jorhat, Margherita, Tinsukia and Ledo, where permanent maintenance could not be assured, and one from the US Military Cemetery at Shingvuoiyang in Burma. Originally the cemetery stood on a small spur rising sharply from the main road, but an earthquake in 1950 caused cracks and subsidence, one fissure extending the full length of the cemetery. Subsequent landslides occasioned by heavy rains, particularly in 1953, so endangered the cemetery that it became necessary to move the graves to the present site which is not likely to be affected by erosion. The cemetery now contains 197 Commonwealth and 3 non-Commonwealth (1 Italian, 1 American and 1 Belgian) burials of the Second World War.
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বিশ্বৰ দ্বিত্বীয় তথা এচিয়া মহাদেশৰ প্ৰথম তেল শোধনাগাৰ স্থাপিত হোৱা ঠাইখনেই হল ডিগবৈ৷ দেশ ইংৰাজৰ অধীনত থকাৰ সময়তে ১৯০১ চনত হাবি জংঘলেৰে ভৰা অঞ্চলটোত স্থাপিত হৈছিল বিশ্বৰ দ্বিত্বীয়টো তেল শোধনাগাৰ৷ প্ৰবাদমতে, ইংৰাজে অঞ্চলটোত যেতিয়া তেলৰ খনন চলাইছিল তেতিয়া স্থানীয় শ্ৰমিকসকলক ইংৰাজ চাহাবে ডিগ- বয়, ডিগ- বয় বুলি নিৰ্দেশ দিছিল৷ দিগ মানে খন্দা আৰু বয় মানে লৰা৷ পৰবৰ্তী সময়ত ইয়াৰ পৰাই ডিগবৈ শব্দৰ উৎপত্তি হল৷ কালক্ৰমত এখন তৈল নগৰী ৰূপে প্ৰতিষ্ঠা লাভ কৰে ডিগবৈয়ে৷
অসম তথা দেশৰ পৰ্যটনৰ ক্ষেত্ৰখনত প্ৰাকৃতিক সম্পদৰে ভৰপুৰ ডিগবৈৰ আছে এক উল্লেখযোগ্য স্থান৷ ডিগবৈখন এখন সৰু নগৰ হলেও ই মূলত এখন সংৰক্ষিত বনাঞ্চলহে৷ বিচিত্ৰ গছ লতা, বিৰল প্ৰজাতিৰ পহু পক্ষী তথা জীৱ জন্তৰে ভৰপুৰ পৰ্যটনৰ অন্যতম আকৰ্শনস্থলী ডিগবৈখনক ওৱল্ড হেৰিটেজ চেন্টাৰ হিচাপে গঢ়ি তোলাৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত আছে পূৰ্ণ অৱকাশ৷ ওৱল্ড হেৰিটেজ চেণ্টাৰ নহলেও এচিয়ান হেৰিটেজ চেন্টাৰ হিচাবে ঠাইখনক এটা নতুন মৰ্যদা প্ৰদান কৰাৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত আছে পূৰ্ণ সম্ভাবনীয়তা৷
শিল্প, সংস্কৃতিকে ধৰি সকলো ক্ষেত্ৰতে আগবঢ়া তৈলনগৰী ডিগবৈত পৰ্যটকৰ বাবে অন্যতম আকৰ্ষনস্থলী হল দিত্বীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধৰ সমাধিক্ষেত্ৰ৷ ডিগবৈ পেঙেৰী পথত অৱস্থিত এই সমাধিক্ষেত্ৰত আছে ২০০ জন সৈনিকৰ সমাধি৷ প্ৰতিটো কবৰতে আছে কবৰস্থিত সৈনিজনৰ নাম ঠিকনা খোদিত একোখনকৈ ফলক ৷ প্ৰথম এখন ফলকত খোদিত আছে THIS CEMETARY WAS BUILT AND IS MAINTAINED BY THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION.
ডিগবৈৰ দ্বিতীয়টো আকৰ্ষনস্থলী হল অসম তেল সংমণ্ডলৰ সংগ্ৰাহলয়৷ নগৰখনৰ মাজ মজিয়াতস্থিত এই সংগ্ৰাহলয়টো দৰ্শন কৰিলে ডিগবৈৰ বিষয়ে ৫০ শতাংশ পৰিচিত হব পৰ্যটকজন৷ ডিগবৈ শোধনাগাৰ স্থাপনৰ সমস্ত তথ্য বিজৰিত সমলৰে ভৰপুৰ হৈ আছে এই সংগ্ৰাহলৰ মজিয়া৷
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Northeast India | Jairampur - Digboi | Day 4
From Jairampur Burma border was close enough but we still could not go there because of the warning from the locals. They said this is not the right time to go there. So we decided to go back to Digboi and halt there for a night.
We reached Digboi late so couldn't explore the tourist spot much but thanks to our friend who showed us few hideouts of Digboi. IOCL refinery , war cemetery & the markets of digboi was what we covered in our way to her home.
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Gauhati War Cemetery was started during the Second World War for burials from the several military hospitals posted in the area. Later, other graves were brought in by the Army Graves Service from Amari Bari Military Cemetery, Sylhet Military Cemetery, Mohachara Cemetery, Nowgong Civil Cemetery and Gauhati Civil Cemetery, where permanent maintenance could not be assured. For the same reason, further graves were brought to the cemetery from isolated sites in the Lushai Hills and from civil cemeteries in Badarpur, Cooch Bahar, Darjeeling, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dinjan, Katapahar, Lebong, Lumding, Shillong and Silchar, in 1952. There are now 486 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 25 of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains 24 Chinese war graves, and two non-war graves.Gauhati, the capital city of the state of Assam in North East India is on the Eastern side of the River Brahmaputra some 600 kilometres east of Calcutta. It is best reached by air either from Delhi or Calcutta. The war cemetery is in the residential area of Silpukhuri on Navagraha Road, leading to Navagraha Hindu Temple which is situated on the hill top past the war cemetery. There is a Caretaker residing on site who keeps the register of the graves in his bungalow. He can be contacted on 00 91 361 2662860. Office Hours: Monday to Saturday 07.00 to 11.00 and 13.00 to 17.00,Well maintained, very helpful staff. Keeping the history alive, name of the soldiers who died in world war are respected in cemetery. Place of respect. Must visit if you are in guwahati
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