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{{Short description|Cemetery in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox cemetery
| name = Khoshbagh
| image = Khosbagh.JPG
| imagesize =
| caption = Entrance of Khushbagh
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| map_size =
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| established =
| country = [[India]]
| location = [[Murshidabad]], West Bengal, on the west bank of the [[Bhagirathi River]].
| coordinates = {{coord|24.162610|88.258911|display=title,inline}}
| type =
| style = [[Islamic architecture]]
| owner =
| size = 7.65 acres
| graves = Graves of Nawab [[Siraj ud-Daulah]], [[Lutfunnisa Begum]], Nawab [[Alivardi Khan]], Alivardi Khan's mother and other members of the family of the [[Nawabs of Bengal]]
| interments =
| cremations =
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| website = {{cite web|url=http://murshidabad.net/history/places-topic-places-zone-three.htm#nizamat-imambara|title=Khoshbagh}}
| findagraveid =2455018
}}
'''Khushbagh''' (also spelled as '''Khoshbagh'''; [[Literal translation|literally]] "Garden of Happiness") is the garden-cemetery of the [[Nawabs of Bengal]], situated on the west bank of the [[Bhagirathi River|Bhagirathi river]], about a mile from its east bank, in the [[Murshidabad-Jiaganj]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in [[Lalbag subdivision]] of [[Murshidabad district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref name = Garden>{{cite web|title=Information on Khushbagh|url=http://murshidabad.net/history/places-topic-places-zone-three.htm#nizamat-imambara|publisher=Murshidabad.net|access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Bengal, sites and sights|date=1 November 2003|publisher=Marg Publications|pages=151|author=Pratapaditya Pal |author2=National Centre for the Performing Arts |author3=Enamul Haque }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Bengal (Volume 86)|year=1967|publisher=The Society}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Alivardi and his times|year=1963|publisher=World Press|pages=249|author=Kalikinkar Datta}}</ref> Khushbagh hosts the graves of the Nawabs of Bengal of the Afshar dynasty and their family members; while [[Jafarganj Cemetery]] hosts the graves of the later Nawabs and their families, starting from [[Mir Jafar]], who belonged to the Najafi dynasty. Khushbagh is the resting place of Nawab [[Siraj ud-Daulah]], his wife Lutf-un-nisa, Nawab [[Alivardi Khan]], and his mother, amongst others.

==Geography==
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===Location===
Khushbagh is located at {{coord|24.162610|88.258911|display=inline}}.

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

==History==
[[File:MosqueKhoshbagh.jpg|The mosque at Khushbag|thumb|200px|right]]
The garden-cemetery was built by the first Nawab of Bengal, Nawab Alivardi Khan. It consists of walled enclosures. The outer walls had looped holes for musketry and used to be flanked by octagonal [[bastion]]s.<ref name = Garden/> The garden hosts the graves of [[Siraj ud-Daulah]] and [[Alivardi Khan]], inside a square, flat-roofed mausoleum surrounded by an arcade verandah.<ref name = Garden/> It also hosts a mosque, built by Nawab Alivardi Khan, on the lines of the [[Jama Masjid|Jama Masjid of Delhi]], built on a plinth of {{convert|2675|sqft}} area.<ref name = Garden/>

After the death of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, in the [[Battle of Plassey]] in 1757, his wife [[Lutfunnisa Begum]] refused to join [[Mir Jafar]]'s [[harem]] and fled to [[Dacca]] (present day Dhaka, in [[Bangladesh]]). She later returned to [[Murshidabad]], and it is said that she lived in Khushbagh tending to his grave and the 108 varieties of roses which once bloomed in the gardens, for several years. She also allegedly spent {{Indian Rupees}}1,000 for the maintenance of Khushbagh and after her death, in 1790, she was buried near the grave of her husband Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah.<ref name = Garden/>

The garden-cemetery is built on a {{convert|7.65|acre}} land and is surrounded by a {{convert|2741|ft}} long wall.<ref name = Garden/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:AlivardiKhanTomb.jpg|Tomb of Nawab Alivardi Khan
File:TombSirajUdDaulah.jpg|Tomb of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah
File:LutfunissaBegum.jpg|Tomb of [[Lutfunnisa Begum]]
File:AminaBegum.jpg|Tomb of [[Amina Begum]], mother of Siraj ud-Daulah
File:GhasetiBegum.jpg|Tomb of [[Ghaseti Begum]], the eldest daughter of Alivardi Khan
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=http://murshidabad.net/history/places-topic-places-zone-three.htm#nizamat-imambara|title=Website}}
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
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->Billjones94 at 09:54, 30 September 2021