(2001 pop. 79,000). The capital of Nagaland State in northeastern India, Kohima was built by the British in the nineteenth century. It was the point of farthest Japanese advance into British India during World War II. Spread across a wide mountain...

Coordinates: 25°40′N 94°07′E / 25.67, 94.12 Kohima pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: कोहिमा) is the hilly capital of India's north eastern border state of Nagaland which shares its borders with Burma. It lies in Kohima...

What's the weather like now? Winter's chill has warmed to summery temperatures in the high 20Cs, alleviated by a cool breeze thanks to Kohima's altitude (1,000 metres) and the early morning traders are still wrapped in beautifully woven and colourful shawls. The sun...

In all the acts of remembrance today, who will remember the greatest volunteer army for freedom the world has ever seen? Even in their own countries, their memory is barely honoured, never mind in Britain, where almost all sense of their achievements has vanished....