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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Cemetery in Delhi, India}}<br />
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'''Lothian Cemetery''' is one of the oldest Christian cemeteries in [[Delhi]] and is located on Lothian Road, which lies near the Kauria Bridge bus stop, near the General Post Office at Kashmiri Gate in [[Old Delhi]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
This is the oldest graveyard of the Christian community of [[Delhi]], whose members were buried here between 1808 and 1867.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chattopadhyay |first=Anindya |date=24 July 2017 |title=Delhi’s 200-year-old Lothian Cemetery gets renovated |newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/no-filter/delhis-200-year-old-lothian-cemetery-gets-renovated/ |access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref> Lothian cemetery was built in 1808 and closed to burials in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=R. V. |date=27 September 2015 |title=Delhi's Christian link |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/delhis-christian-link/article7692770.ece |access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref> This burial ground is known as a haunted place in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chirag Mohanty Samal |title=Haunted places in Delhi that will spook you out |url=https://www.femina.in/life/travel/4-haunted-places-in-delhi-that-will-spook-you-out%E2%80%94feminain-8961.html |access-date=18 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jagran Post Editorial |title=Shocking: Top five haunted places in Delhi |url=http://post.jagran.com/shocking-top-five-haunted-places-in-delhi-1439293385 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813040102/http://post.jagran.com/shocking-top-five-haunted-places-in-delhi-1439293385 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 August 2015 |access-date=18 February 2018 }}</ref> Numerous European soldiers were buried here, with most of them killed during the first battle of the independence of India in 1857 or the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. Staff of the [[East India Company]], British women, and children who had died in cholera epidemics were also buried there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tales the tombstones tell |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Tales-the-tombstones-tell/article16381234.ece |access-date=18 February 2018 }}</ref> Although the cemetery is under the preservation of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], it is presently seen in a dilapidated state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.delhiinformation.in/tourism/memorials/lothiancemetery.html|title=Lothian Cemetery|access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Myth ==<br />
Many mythical stories are related to Lothian Cemetery. Rumors are that one British officer, Sir Nicholas's ghost roams the graveyard. Nicholas fell in love with an Indian lady but could not be married. Heartbroken Nicholas shot himself in the head. Some people believe a headless Nicholas cries out the name of the woman he loved and walks in the cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dubeat.com/2015/01/ancient-city-ancient-occupants-haunted-places-delhi/|title=Ancient city with ancient occupants: Haunted places in Delhi|date=14 January 2015|access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20091221-creatures-of-the-night-741510-2009-12-11|title=Creatures of the night|website=indiatoday.in|access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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Lothian Cemetery in Delhi 07.jpg|Graves in Lothian Cemetery<br />
Lothian Cemetery in Delhi 08.jpg|Graves in Lothian Cemetery<br />
Lothian Cemetery in Delhi 04.jpg|Inside views of Lothian Cemetery<br />
Lothian Cemetery in Delhi 06.jpg|Tombs in the Cemetery<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Delhi War Cemetery]]<br />
* [[Nicholson Cemetery]]<br />
* [[Victory Tunnel]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Cemeteries in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Anglican cemeteries in India]]<br />
[[Category:North Delhi district]]<br />
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:1806 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Cemeteries established in the 1800s]]</div>Swebsexilm