The Golaghat British Cemetery is a cemetery located on the premises opposite to Cally Coomer Doss & Co., adjacent to the circle office of Assam Power Distribution Company Limited at Golaghat, Assam, India. It is Assam's one of the oldest burial grounds dating back to India's pre-independence era, containing 28 burials of British officers of tea estates and their families, and is open for public viewing.[2][3]
| Golaghat British Cemetery | |
|---|---|
| British Cemetery 1876–1957 | |
 Inside Golaghat British Cemetery | |
| For British officers of tea estates in the area, family members of owners. | |
| Established | 1876 |
| Unveiled | 1876 |
| Location | 26°30′34″N 93°57′58″E / 26.509362°N 93.9661878°E Golaghat |
| Total burials | 28 |
| Commemorated | City heritage site[1] |
| Burials by nation | |
The oldest grave in the cemetery is that of Capt. John Butler, then political agent who died at the age of 33 on January 7, 1876. Butler was one of the first British officers to lead expeditions to the Naga and Manipur hills. The cemetery also houses the grave of John Gordon McIntosh, then manager of Bukhial tea estate, who died in a plane crash on May 12, 1957. McIntosh had his own personal Aeronca chief single engine propeller airplane that he flew himself, accompanied by his German shepherd.[4]
Golaghat Municipal Board maintains the cemetery premises, including preventing any land encroachment near the cemetery.[5][6]
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edit- ^ "The Grave Where I Slept". Sanjib Dey. 2 July 2013.
- ^ "British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia, Statuses of cemeteries" (PDF). British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia.
- ^ "British officers buried in Golaghat cemetery, The Telegraph – Calcutta – Gauhati". Pullock Dutta. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Caretaker seeks UK aid for graves upkeep - British officers buried in Golaghat cemetery, The Telegraph - Calcutta - Gauhati". Pullock Dutta. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Caretaker seeks UK aid for graves upkeep – British officers buried in Golaghat cemetery, The Telegraph – Calcutta – Gauhati". Pullock Dutta. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Golaghat Cemetery". Pratyush Parasar Sarma. 8 December 2012.