Lower Circular Road Cemetery, also known as General Episcopal Cemetery, is located on the crossing of Mother Teresa Sarani (former Park Street) and

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(former Lower Circular Road),

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, with its entrance on Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road.

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

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employees. There are two

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, of an officer of the British Indian Army and a purser of the

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Notable graves

* Charles Freer Andrews (died 1940) * Leslie Claudius (died 2012) * Henri Hover Locke *

Michael Madhusudan Dutt Michael Madhusudan Dutt ((Bengali: মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত); (25 January 1824 – 29 June 1873) was a Bengali poet and playwright. He is considered one of the pioneers of Bengali literature. Early life Dutt ...

(died 1873) * Jules Henri Jean Schaumburg * Henry Whitelock Torrens (died 1852) *

John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801–1851) was an educator, mathematician and polyglot who is known for his contributions in promoting women's education in India. He was the founder of Calcutta Female School (now known as Bethune College) in Ca ...

(died 1851) * David Drummond * Neil O'Brien (died 2016) *

William Hay Macnaghten Sir William Hay Macnaghten, 1st Baronet (24 August 179323 December 1841), was a British civil servant in India, who played a major part in the First Anglo-Afghan War. Life William was the second son of Sir Francis Macnaghten, Bart., judge of the ...

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