Lower Circular Road Cemetery, also known as General Episcopal Cemetery, is located on the crossing of Mother Teresa Sarani (former Park Street) and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (former Lower Circular Road), Kolkata, India, with its entrance on Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road.[2]
| Lower Circular Road Cemetery | |
|---|---|
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| Details | |
| Established | 1840 |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 22°32′52″N 88°21′49″E / 22.547837°N 88.363659°E |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Christian Burial Board, Kolkata |
| Size | 33 acres (13 ha)[1] |
| No. of graves | c. 12,000 |
| Find a Grave | Lower Circular Road Cemetery |
History
editLower Circular Road Cemetery was established on 1840 and is still operating as a functional cemetery. It contains approximately 12,000 graves including many former British East India Company employees.[3][4] There are two Second World War Commonwealth war graves, of an officer of the British Indian Army and a purser of the BOAC.[5]
Notable graves
edit- Charles Freer Andrews (died 1940)
- Leslie Claudius (died 2012)
- Henri Hover Locke[2]
- Michael Madhusudan Dutt (died 1873)
- Jules Henri Jean Schaumburg[2]
- Henry Whitelock Torrens (died 1852)
- John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (died 1851)[6]
- Neil O'Brien (died 2016)[7]
- William Hay Macnaghten
- Heinrich Blochmann (1838-1878), philologist
References
edit- ^ John Sarkar. "Burial grounds at city centres may become envy of land sharks". The Economic Times. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015.
- ^ a b c "Cemetery Details". indian-cemeteries.org. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Christian Burial Board". christianburialboardkolkata.com.
- ^ "A click of mouse to throw light on burial records". The Times of India.
- ^ "Cemetery Details | CWGC". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 19 March 2020), memorial page for John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801–1851), Find A Grave Memorial no. 105604985, citing Lower Circular Road Cemetery, Calcutta, West Bengal, India; Maintained by Chris Nelson (contributor 46617359)
- ^ "Neil O'Brien, India's first quizmaster, dies". The Hindu.
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