Gora Kabristan, Lahore

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Gora Qabristan

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Location	Jail Road, Lahore, Punjab
Country	Pakistan
Coordinates	31°32′02″N 74°20′56″E / 31.53397670°N 74.3489650°E / 31.53397670; 74.3489650Coordinates: 31°32′02″N 74°20′56″E / 31.53397670°N 74.3489650°E / 31.53397670; 74.3489650
Type	Christian
Size	20 acres
Find a Grave	Gora Qabristan

The Gora Kabristan or Gora Cemetery (Punjabi/Urdu: گورا قبرِستان) in Lahore, Pakistan is the one of the oldest Christian cemetery in Lahore.

Location[]

It is located adjutant to Forman Christian College.

History[]

It was developed after establishment of British Raj in the Punjab Region as their primary Cemetery in Lahore. The name literally means the white graveyard. 'Gora' is an Urdu word and is used by Pakistanis to refer to light skinned or white people. Therefore, a more accurate translation would be "white people's graveyard." The term is not always necessarily used in a derogatory manner.

Notable interments[]

Headstone of Princess Bamba Sutherland (1869–1957), daughter of Maharajah Duleep Singh and granddaughter of Maharajah Ranjit Singh (2006)

Many notable personalities of British era and early Pakistani era are buried there, including

• Cecil Chaudhry
• Geoffrey Langlands
• Princess Bamba Sutherland
• A.C. Woolner
• Alvin Robert Cornelius

External links[]

• Indian Cemeteries
• Gora Kabristan at Jail Road at Find a Grave

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