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Lower Circular Road cemetery

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Established
  
1840

Type
  
Public

Founded
  
1840

Phone
  
033 2284 7685

Country
  
India

Size
  
33 acres (13 ha)

Number of graves
  
12,000

Owner
  
Kolkata

Lower Circular Road cemetery

Location
  
Junction of Mother Teresa Sarani & Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata

Owned by
  
Christian Burial Board, Kolkata

Address
  
184, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Beniapukur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700017

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–5PMTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSundayClosedMonday10AM–5PM

Similar
  
South Park Street Cemetery, Writers Building Central G, National Library, Royal Calcutta Turf Club

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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.

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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.

Notable graves

  • Charles Freer Andrews (died 1940)
  • Sir William Casement, British Army Major General, Member of the Supreme Council of India, died 16 April 1844
  • Leslie Claudius (died 2012)
  • Henri Hover Locke
  • Michael Madhusudan Dutt (died 1873)
  • Jules Henri Jean Schaumburg
  • Henry Whitelock Torrens (died 1852)
  • References

    Lower Circular Road cemetery Wikipedia