Dutch Cemetery, Murshidabad

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Dutch Cemetery
An ASI Listed Monument
Dutch Cemetery.jpg
Dutch Cemetery
Details
Establishedearly 18th-19th century
Location
Kalikapur, Murshidabad, West Bengal
CountryIndia
Coordinates24°07′25″N 88°16′00″E / 24.123611°N 88.266667°E / 24.123611; 88.266667Coordinates: 24°07′25″N 88°16′00″E / 24.123611°N 88.266667°E / 24.123611; 88.266667
Owned byArchaeological Survey of India

Dutch Cemetery is a heritage Christian cemetery at Kalikapur in the Berhampore CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India.

History[]

In its hey days Murshidabad was an active trading post that not only attracted the British but also the Dutch and the Armenians, all of whom settled here in different times.[1] The Dutch Cemetery has “47 tombs and obelisks etc. and the oldest being that of Daniel Van der Muyl who died in 1721 AD.” [2] The Babulbona Residency Cemetery, as also the British and Dutch cemeteries in neighbouring Cossimbazar are not really in ship shape, although they are state protected monuments.[1]

According to the Archaeological Survey of India, as mentioned in the List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal the Dutch Cemetery is an ASI Listed Monument.[3]

Gallery[]

  • Dutch Cemetery, Cossimbazar, Berhampore, West Bengal 01.jpg
  • Description of the Dutch Cemetery for tourists.jpg
  • Dutch satyajit sinha.jpg

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Discover Europe on the Ganga River Cruise". Outlook Traveller, 17 April 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ "ASI, Kolkata Circle". Dutch Cemetery. Archaeological Survey of India. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. ^ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India". Item no. 113. ASI. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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