Lower Circular Road cemetery explained
| Lower Circular Road Cemetery |
| Map Type: | India Kolkata |
| Established: | 1840 |
| Country: | India |
| Location: | Junction of Mother Teresa Sarani & Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata |
| Coordinates: | 22.5478°N 88.3637°W |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Christian Burial Board, Kolkata |
| Size: | [1] |
| Findagraveid: | 1982540 |
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.
History
Lower 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.[2] [3] There are two Second World War Commonwealth war graves, of an officer of the British Indian Army and a purser of the BOAC.[4]
Notable graves
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Notes and References
- Web site: Burial grounds at city centres may become envy of land sharks. John Sarkar. The Economic Times. The Times of India.
- Web site: Christian Burial Board. christianburialboardkolkata.com.
- Web site: A click of mouse to throw light on burial records. The Times of India.
- Web site: Cemetery Details CWGC. 2020-09-17. www.cwgc.org. en.
- Web site: Cemetery Details. indian-cemeteries.org. 27 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150815071906/http://indian-cemeteries.org/cemetery_details.asp?town=Calcutta&cem=Lower%20Circular%20Road%20Cemetery. 15 August 2015. dead.
- 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)
- Web site: Neil O'Brien, India's first quizmaster, dies. The Hindu.
