South Park Street Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Kolkata. Established in 1767, it is a significant historical site, reflecting the colonial past of the city. The cemetery was primarily used for the burial of British soldiers, administrators, and their families during the time when Kolkata (then Calcutta) was a major British colonial center.
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52, Mother Teresa Sarani, Park Street,
Mullick Bazar, Kolkata - 700017.
(Opposite Assembly Of God Church School & Bank of Baroda).
Ph: 033-22867104 / 033-22847685 / 033-46006198
Notable tombs in Park Street Cemetery:-
↣ Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-1831), teacher and poet, pioneer of the Young Bengal movement.
↣ Sir William Jones (1746-1794), philologist and scholar, founder of the Asiatic Society.
↣ Lieutenant-General Sir John Clavering (c.1722-1777), army officer and diplomat.
↣ Augustus Cleveland (1754-1784), colonial administrator.
↣ Captain Edward Cooke (1772-1799), Royal Navy officer.
↣ George Bogle (1746-1781), diplomat.
↣ Colonel Robert Kyd (1746-1793), founder of the Indian Botanic Garden.
↣ Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Mackenzie (1754-1821), Surveyor General of India.
↣ Lieutenant-Colonel Valentine Blacker (1778-1826), Surveyor General of India.
↣ Sir John Hadley D'Oyly, 6th Baronet (1754-1818), politician.
↣ Major-General Charles Stuart (1758-1828), army officer and Indophile, popularly known as “Hindoo Stuart”.
↣ Walter Landor Dickens, son of English novelist Charles Dickens. He was buried initially in Bhowanipore war cemetery, and the tombstone was later moved here in 1987.
↣ Grave no. 363 of an unknown woman (d. 1825) whose epitaph reads “A virtuous mother”.
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