South Park Street Cemetery

South Park Street Cemetery is located on Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata, India. The road used to be called Park Street, and prior to that Burial Ground Road.

Opened in 1767 on what was previously a marshy area, the cemetery was in use until about 1830 and is now a heritage site, protected by the Archaeological Survey of India [ASI].

Notable Tombs

• George Bogle (1746-1781), diplomat
• Lieutenant-General Sir John Clavering (c.1722-1777), army officer
• Augustus Cleveland (d. 1784), colonial administrator
• Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-1831), teacher and poet
• Sir William Jones (1746-1794), Indologist, founder of the Asiatic Society
• Colonel Robert Kyd (1746-1793), botanist
• Sir John D'Oyly, 6th Baronet (1754-1818), politician
• Major-General Charles Stuart (c.1758-1828), army officer and Indophile

Reference

The South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta, published by the Association for the Preservation of Historical Cemeteries in India, 5th ed. (2009)

External Links

• Telegraph article Sleuth’s trail to cemetery of veiled ghosts

• Article on South Park Street Cemetery