Photo features of the 2012 Hornbill World War 2 Peace Rally held on December 3 2012 in Kohima.
The Rally started from DDSC Stadium, Dimapur and finally culminated at the World War 2 Museum, Kisama where main Hornbill Festival is held. The convoys of 12 vintage WW II Jeeps were used in the Rally. Although the rally was organized to commemorate the Battle of Kohima, the message of the Rally is "peace and brotherhood."
Teams from other north-eastern states including Meghalaya, Manipur took part in this year's World War 2 Peace Rally.
The Gold Trophy went to Manipur team for their excellently replicating World War 2 army jawans and for their World War 2 Original vehicle. The four-member Manipur Team was led by Tarzan Rajkumar. The other members are Subash Kunjaraj, Andrew Ahoto and Subash C.
The Nagaland team won for the Best Maintained Vehicle Trophy while the Best Promotional Team Trophy went to Meghalaya team.
Picture Credit :: Oken Jeet Sandham - nepsonline(at)yahoo(dot)com