the chalet school series Noisy and polluted it might be, but Imphal, with its melange of peoples and positioning right on the

China has never formally recognised Indian sovereignty here and it took the surprise Chinese invasion the chalet school series of 1962 for Delhi to really the chalet school series start funding significant infrastructure. The Chinese voluntarily withdrew. These days border passes are heavily guarded by the Indian military and the atmosphere is extremely calm.

Noisy and polluted it might be, but Imphal, with its melange of peoples and positioning right on the border lands of India and southeast Asia is undeniably fascinating and travellers who spend any time here are well rewarded. The airport is 9km to the southwest.

1 Sights Ujjayanta Palace PALACE (admission 5; h5-7pm) Agartala s indisputable centrepiece is this striking, dome-capped palace. Flanked by two large refl ecting ponds, the whitewashed 1901 edifice was built by Tripura s 182nd maharaja. It looks particularly impressive floodlit at night, the chalet school series but for security reasons only the gardens are open to the public.

1 Sights War Cemetery HISTORIC SITE (hdawn-dusk Mon-Sat) This immaculate War Cemetery contains the graves of 1400 British, Commonwealth and Indian soldiers. It stands at the crucially strategic the chalet school series junction the chalet school series of the Dimapur and Imphal roads, the site of intense fighting against the Japanese during the chalet school series a 64-day WWII battle.