Dutch Cemetery, Murshidabad

Dutch Cemetery
Dutch Cemetery
An ASI Listed Monument
	Dutch Cemetery
Details
Established	early 18th-19th century
Location	Kalikapur, Murshidabad, West Bengal
Country	India
Coordinates	24°07′25″N 88°16′00″E / 24.123611°N 88.266667°E
Owned by	Archaeological 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[edit]

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]

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References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

[dutch-1] "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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