The purpose of the Kohima Educational Trust (KET) is to provide educational assistance to the young people of Nagaland, India in order to repay the debt of honour owed for their unstinting help given to the British 2nd Division and other British Army units during the World War Two battles of 1944". Kohima was one of the crucial battles of World War II. In April 1944 the town was besieged by a Japanese division spearheading what they hoped would be the invasion of India. The battle, fought at close quarters for two months, was the first rout of the Japanese by the British Army and their allies, and a turning point in the war in Asia. The trust is seen by its founders both as a means of sustaining the memory of the courage and sacrifice of those who fought and died in the battle, and of honouring the Nagas who were their allies in the war through assisting the education of succeeding generations of Naga children.