Sheikh Bagh Cemetery

The Sheikh Bagh Cemetery is a Christian cemetery located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India that dates from the British colonial era. The oldest grave in the cemetery is that of a British colonel from the 9th Lancers of 1850 and the cemetery is valued for the variety of persons buried there which provides an insight into the perils faced by British colonisers in India.[1] It was damaged by floods in 2014.[2] It contains a number of war graves.[3]

Notable interments

References

  1. ↑ Brigid Keenan (20 May 2013). Travels in Kashmir. Hachette India. ISBN 978-93-5009-729-8.
  2. ↑ Flood ravages Srinagar’s British-era buildings. Noor-Ul-Qamrain, The Sunday Guardian, 27 September 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Grave of Kashmir's first known martryr lies beneath rubble after floods. Swati Bhasin, DNA of Srinagar, 10 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

Further reading

  • Hewson, Eileen. (2008) Graveyards in Kashmir India. Wem, England: Kabristan Archives. ISBN 978-1906276072

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