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  1. A lot of research has gone into this. Thank you for sharing. Kolkata looks so different and clean. Cemeteries take one back to past. Clear blue sky. Nice shot.

  2. Most hearty congratulations from an octogenarian . I was borne and brought up in Calcutta/Kolkata ( except for a few years ). I am more convinced after going through your page that there is no age bar for,learning. Thanks again , my dear Subhadip ( if you please allow me to call you by your first name )

  3. I came across this very informative blog entry while trying to find the final resting place of a Mauritian who died in Kolkata in 1880. A group of history enthusiasts have gone to all the cemeteries in Mauritius and made a list of all the legible stones and made them available on the internet for researchers and people tracing their family trees :
    http://www.amamu.org/cimetieresreleves.html
    I was hoping to find a similar site for Kolkata. I am sure it would be of interest to many people (hint, hint). Thank you so much for your beautiful pictures and excellent blog.

    1. First of all thanks for visiting my blog..

      Unfortunately cemeteries on Kolkata are enslaved in bureaucracy. It took a lot of influence to get all the necessary permissions to shoot at the cemeteries. For some I had to request the Pastor in Charge while some I had to force my self as someone trying to revive the history of Kolkata and its past.

      Out of all the cemeteries only Scottish Cemetery has an online record primarily because the Scottish government took the initiative to get it on record. These are available online.

      The British war graves at Bhiwanipore cemetery has also records online primarily because these have to be officially done.

      Unfortunately for the rest its a project long pending and hopefully something may happen in the near future 🙂

  4. For someone interested in Christianity in Calcutta, this is blog can be very helpful. Very interesting work. Mr Mukherjee, can I get your email idi? I am working on Christianity in Calcutta and some conversation with you might be helpful.

  5. Thanks….for a wonderful read. I am from Calcutta n lived in Park Circus….have a Sister interned in the Lower Circular Cemetary …passed some of these Cemeteries often n remember them, but now I know a bit of their history…Cheers

  6. Nice collection and details of most of the cemeteries. You have left out the Cemetery at St. John’s Church, Sealdah. See if you can include the same.

  7. An extremely informative blog which has solved some of the mysterious queries I had … Thank you so much for helping me to obtain some basic facts I have been trying to locate for several years.

  8. have always taken keen interest in the cemeteries of Calcutta. I have visited some and read up on them whenever I find anything. I have been looking up for the exact location of the Manicktola cemetery for a long time. Then I came across your blog where you have specifically mentioned the location. You are doing good research. Keep it up!

  9. A marvelous article Mr Mukherjee.
    I’m from Nagpur so I may be wrongly presuming that Calcutta could also have a Chinese and Jewish cemetery.
    Mumbai has both.
    Heartiest congratulations once again.
    Noel

  10. Many thanks for your work was excited and surprised to see the Kiernander plaque as I am distantly related.I assume the plaque is attached to the east end wall of the South Park St Cemetery ?.Are there any remains of the family vault to see ?

  11. My interest for calcutta s past has been enlighted by this brilliant research work. Hope for more light on this aspect

  12. After searching for Christian Cemeteries in Kolkata over the internet for several days, I suddenly got to your website. Your have done a fantastic job putting all the necessary information at one place. I myself being a Bengali Christian, did not know so many things. Please keep on adding more and more information on the same. May God bless you.

  13. Excellent article. Very well-researched and detailed. I just enjoyed reading through. In future if you plan to update or follow up on this subject, do include the old cemetery which lies within the compound of the St. John’s church at Dalhousie. Also, I read somewhere that there used to be an Union Cemetary somewhere near the (now gone) North Park Street Cemetery. I would be grateful if you could shed some light on this cemetery. Also, I suppose seeing a cemetery in the Beliaghata area. Thank you for all the information and do keep up this excellent job you doing.

  14. Really wonderful write up. Definitely an enhancement of knowledge, thank you for letting us know about a bygone era of Kolkata

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