Residency Cemetery, Babulbona

Residency Cemetery, Babulbona
Residency Cemetery, Babulbona
An ASI Listed Monument
Details
Location	Baharampur, West Bengal
Country	India
Coordinates	24°05′49″N 88°15′51″E / 24.096828°N 88.264145°E
Owned by	ASI

Residency Cemetery, Babulbona also known as Station Burial ground or Babulbona Cemetery^[1] is a heritage Christian cemetery situated at Babulbona, Baharampur, Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.^[2]

According to the Archaeological Survey of India, as mentioned in the List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal, the Residency Cemetery also known as 'Station Burial Ground' is an ASI Listed Monument.^[3]

History

Berhampore or Baharampur was fortified in 1757 by the East India Company, after the Battle of Plassey in June 1757, and it continued as a cantonment until 1870. Many important British residents and military personnel of East India Company, who lived in Berhampore are buried in this cemetery. There are the graves of many European Residents amongst whom most famous were Captain James Skinner, George Thomas, Henry Creighton. There are a number of epitaphs attached to the tombs and monuments of 18th and 19th century.^[4] Presently this is a Monument of National Importance in West Bengal under maintenance of Archaeological Survey of India.^[5]^[6]

Gallery

References

^ "Work Estimate Details". Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^ "Next weekend you can be at...- Lalbagh". Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India". Item no. 109. ASI. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Did you know that not only the British but the Dutch, the Danes, the French and the Portuguese also set up their own colonies". Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^ "Residency Cemetery also known as Station Burial ground". Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^ "Alphabetical List of Monuments". asi.nic.in. Retrieved December 3, 2018.

External links

Media related to Babulbona Residency Cemetery (Baharampur) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Work Estimate Details". Retrieved December 3, 2018.

[2] "Next weekend you can be at...- Lalbagh". Retrieved December 3, 2018.

[3] "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India". Item no. 109. ASI. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[4] "Did you know that not only the British but the Dutch, the Danes, the French and the Portuguese also set up their own colonies". Retrieved December 3, 2018.

[5] "Residency Cemetery also known as Station Burial ground". Retrieved December 3, 2018.

[6] "Alphabetical List of Monuments". asi.nic.in. Retrieved December 3, 2018.

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