As I have seen Commonwealth War Cemetery

by Kh. Atiar Rahman

As a Counter Part officer of FEEM (Finance for Economics and Economic Management)
Course for Mid-level officers of Bangladesh Civil Service conducted by Financial
Management Reform programme in collaboration with Financial Management Academy,
I had an opportunity to visit Commonwealth War Cemetery of Comilla in 2006 in
connection with a study tour. In my opinion, this cemetery inspires people to dedicate for
the sake of truth, welfare and overall democratic hopes and aspiration. The soldiers
scarifying their lives have shown the symbol of discipline, respects and dutifulness for
mother land. Freedom is such a word with which a man can cherish to develop his lot in
respect of cultivating mechanism of democratic institution as a faltering flow. If we look
around the tomb, we will find the names of the world heroes of different castes and creed
through out the world.
As a wordless bystander of world history, Commonwealth war cemetery is situated with
its past magnificence at Mynamati of Comilla enthralling the ecstasy of loneliness under
ever green natural beauties delimited by numerous plants, trees, grasslands and herbs.
Like other artifacts of Budhabihar and Ranikuthi, such world famous and historic
cemetery not getting any younger of Second World War has enriched Comilla in view of
its glittered brilliance surrounded with uncommon natural beauties encountered by herbs,
creepers, bushes of plants and trees. About uncountable attractions of the people, this
memorial park has been engraved with respects and dignity. Even if, this world cemetery
has added a new dimension of this glorified district towards heritage, culture and ritual of
Bangladesh. Not only in Bangladesh, this historical cemetery has won the outstanding
vision of the people all the way through out the whole world which whip the heart of the
people in the sense that the heroes who had laid down their lives for the cause of
egalitarianism and emancipation of the country are really the great men who have not
well thought-out their self greediness rather they have dyed-in-the-wool their lives to run
off with freedom from the despotic rulers.
Due to the gallant touchwood of mammoth memories of World War II ( 1939-!945), the
name of this historical cemetery has been spread far and near in due sense of honour and
high esteem for such freedom fighter as they had dedicated their lives for the just cause of
heroic deeds. They did not lag behind from the warfare thinking about their children,
fathers and wives and their close kith and kin. They have never looked behind and never
been deviated from their sacred duties to safeguard their mother land bedded on good
faith, unity and trust with the creator. They have never made any breech of trust with the
widespread people and their blood mixed with their reliance and philosophy of life. This
memorial tomb is in times gone by momentous because the soldiers from different walks
of life coupled together and fought in the battle turf. They died for the sake of freedom
and success to establish democratic rights of the people. They are the symbols of national
hero and the people from different countries of the world memorialize their painstaking
life of war with acclamation bedded on praise and somber mood.

According to the accounts stick on the wall of the world cemetery, 736 soldiers have been
buried here symbolizing their contribution in World War II for their courage, heroism and
hardihood. The soldiers were from Russia, Japan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Burma
and many other parts of the world. The carved names upon these necropolises are
undoubtedly declaring their loyalties to establish equality and liberty of the people. We
behold the tomb glittered with golden rays of the sun with cosmopolitan outlook and find
unrestrained spiritual and eternal peace of life.