- Source: Maibam Lotpa Ching
Maibam Lotpa Ching or Red Hills is a historical site of World War II, in Nambol, Bishnupur district of Manipur, India. The site is a small hillock about 17 Kms south of Imphal City on Tiddim Road (NH-150). A fierce battle was fought at the site between the Allied Forces and the Japanese Forces during World War II. Japanese war veterans constructed a monument at the foot of this hill and it is significantly named “India Peace Memorial” . There is a cemetery in the foothills, which houses the tombs of the Japanese soldiers who died in the war.
Imphal Peace Museum
A war museum is also built which houses a collection of rare war items and relics including the weapon materials used by the soldiers during the war.
Commemoration
Every year, many Japanese and British visit the site to pay homage to their ancestors who lost their lives here in the war for their motherland.
In popular culture
Imphal 1944
Japan Landa Imphal
My Japanese Niece
See also
Japanese–Meitei cultural relations
National recognition of Meitei culture
Classicism in Meitei civilization
Intangible cultural heritage of Meitei civilization
Women in Meitei civilisation
