imported>Nikkimaria at 12:54, 6 May 2021

2021-05-06T12:54:26Z

New page

{{Short description|Cemetery in Calcutta, West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox cemetery
| name = Lower Circular Road Cemetery
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| map_type = India Kolkata
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| established = 1840
| country = [[India]]
| location = Junction of [[Mother Teresa Sarani]] & [[AJC Bose Road & APC Road|Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road]], [[Kolkata]]
| coordinates = {{coord|22.547837|88.363659|display=inline,title}}
| type = Public
| style =
| owner = Christian Burial Board, Kolkata
| size = {{Convert|33|acres}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-07-05/news/28467047_1_burial-grounds-land-sharks-real-estate|title=Burial grounds at city centres may become envy of land sharks|author=John Sarkar|work=The Economic Times|publisher=The Times of India}}</ref>
| graves = {{Circa|12,000}}
| interments =
| cremations =
| leases =
| website =
| 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 [[AJC Bose Road & APC Road|Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road]] (former Lower Circular Road), [[Kolkata]], [[India]], with its entrance on Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road.<ref name=IC />

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianburialboardkolkata.com/statistics.html|title=Christian Burial Board|work=christianburialboardkolkata.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/A-click-of-mouse-to-throw-light-on-burial-records/articleshow/4357160.cms|title=A click of mouse to throw light on burial records|work=The Times of India}}</ref> There are two [[Second World War]] [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|Commonwealth war graves]], of an officer of the [[British Indian Army]] and a purser of the [[British Overseas Airways Corporation|BOAC]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cemetery Details {{!}} CWGC|url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2016702/calcutta-(lower-circular-road)-cemetery,-kolkata/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=www.cwgc.org|language=en}}</ref>

==Notable graves==
* [[Charles Freer Andrews]] (died 1940)
* [[Leslie Claudius]] (died 2012)
* Henri Hover Locke<ref name="IC"/>
* [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]] (died 1873)
* Jules Henri Jean Schaumburg<ref name="IC">{{cite web|url=http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/cemetery_details.asp?town=Calcutta&cem=Lower%20Circular%20Road%20Cemetery|title=Cemetery Details|work=indian-cemeteries.org|access-date=27 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815071906/http://indian-cemeteries.org/cemetery_details.asp?town=Calcutta&cem=Lower%20Circular%20Road%20Cemetery|archive-date=15 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Henry Whitelock Torrens]] (died 1852)
* [[John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune]] (died 1851)
* [[David Drummond (schoolmaster)|David Drummond]]
* Neil O'Brien (died 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/Neil-OBrien-Indias-first-quizmaster-dies/article14399306.ece|title=Neil O'Brien, India's first quizmaster, dies|work=The Hindu}}</ref>
* [[William Hay Macnaghten]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
Photos:
* [https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7411/14081724394_1be024f4e7_b.jpg Entrance]
* [http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/01/91/43/94_big.jpg General view]
* [http://www.india-tour-guide.co.uk/South-Park-Cemetery/Lower-Circular-Road_Cemetery.jpg Graves 1]
* [http://www.indiamike.com/files/images/26/76/21/lower-circular-road-cemetery.jpg Graves 2]

{{Cemeteries in India}}

[[Category:Cemeteries in India]]
[[Category:Christianity in Kolkata]]
[[Category:1840 establishments in British India]]

Lower Circular Road cemetery - Revision history

imported>Nikkimaria at 12:54, 6 May 2021