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Title
Mainamati War Cemetery
Location

It is located in Cumilla Cantonment area of ​​Burichang upazila, about 9 km northwest of Cumilla town.

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Buses, auto rickshaws and CNG can be used as transport from Cumilla city.

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Mainamati War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Cemetery in Cumilla, Bangladesh. Nine war cemeteries have been set up in Myanmar (then Burma), Assam, and Bangladesh to commemorate the 45,000 Commonwealth soldiers killed in the war in Burma during World War II.There are two Commonwealth War Cemeteries in Bangladesh, one in Cumilla and the other in Chittagong. Every year a large number of local and foreign visitors come to the cemetery to pay their respects to the soldiers killed in the war.

The Mainamati War Cemetery is the graveyard of Indian (then) and British soldiers killed in World War II (1903-1945). It was built in 1946. This war Cemetery  is located very close to Cumilla Cantonment, about 9 km from Comilla city. The cemetery was established by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) and they manage the cemetery. Every year in November, an annual prayer meeting is held here with religious leaders of all religions.

There are 736 graves in the cemetery. Most of these graves are of the dead soldiers of the hospital at that time. Moreover, some bodies were transferred from different places after the war and buried here. According to the force, there are 3 sailors, 567 soldiers and 166 pilots. A total of 723 people were identified.

The people buried in Mainamati War Cemetery, Cumilla were serving in the army of the country, they are:

Country Name No of Soldiers

UK

357

Canada

12

Australia

12

NewZeeland

04

South Africa

01

Undivided India

178

Rhodesia

03

East Africa

56

West Africa

86

Burma (Presently Myanmar)

01

Belgium

01

Poland 

01

Japan

24

 

* "Undivided India "refers to the vast territory of present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

 

There is an archway at the entrance of the cemetery, on the inner wall of which a history and description of the cemetery is inscribed in English and Bengali. Inside is a wide path directly in front, with rows of tombs on either side. According to the religion of the soldiers, the names, dates of death, surnames as well as religious symbols can be seen on their gravestones. Straight ahead in front of the wide path is an altar with a staircase, adorned with the cross, the sacred symbol of Christianity. There are two more arched rooms on either side of the altar. All these arched houses lead to the back of the cemetery. There are also many more tombstones. In the middle of every two tombstones, one flower is being decorated. Besides, there are many trees in the whole cemetery. There is an exceptional tomb next to the wide path in front of the cemetery, where a place is surrounded by 23 gravestones.

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