War Cemetery

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.

Source : bharatonline.com

This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world...

Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube youtube.com/wildfilmsindia for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience.

Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com

To SUBSCRIBE click the below link:
youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilmsIndia

Like & Follow Us on:
Facebook: facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited
Website: wildfilmsindia.com

Digboi war cemetery digboi, Assam...... (ডিগবৈ ৱাৰ চেমিটেৰি চাই আহোঁগৈ বলক) ????????????️????️

Hi.... Guys I am nayan jyoti moran.... From tinsukia assam.....

#Digboi war cemetery ditials=DIGBOI WAR CEMETERY

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.

History Information

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.

Thanks for watching ???? ???? ???? this video..... Like ????.. Comment ????... Share ????????????

Please _____######