Badakabarastan

Badakabarastan (Eng. Large Graveyard) is a Muslim cemetery in the Marine Lines area of south Mumbai in India. One of the largest Muslim cemeteries in the country, it is also the final resting place of a number of icons from the Indian film industry.

Badakabarastan is bordered by the Chandanwadi Hindu crematorium and a Parsi cemetery.

The land was purchased and dedicated to community by kokni Muslim business man of Mumbai Mr.Nakhuda Mohammad Ali Roghay.the land comprise of two land one each purchased from Mrs.Woomabay widow of Mr.Shamsheth for the sum of RS. 26,620/00 on 08th of August 1829 and another from Mrs.Shapoorjee Sorqbhjhee on 28th of June 1832 for the sum of 32,251/00.

Notable interments

Allahaj Sheikh Mohammed Ibrahim Kaskar, father of Dawood Ibrahim
Mehboob Khan, film director
Nargis, actress
Yakub H. Rizvi, actor and director
Haji Mohammed Sabir, brother of Dawood Ibrahim
Suraiya, actress
Meeraji, famous Urdu poet (1912–1949)
Yakub Memon, hanged for his role in 1993 Bombay bombings

External links

The old resting places of the beautiful

Cemeteries in India
Armenian Cemetery, Hyderabad Badakabarastan Bahishti Maqbara Christian Cemetery, Narayanguda Jafarganj Cemetery Jairampur cemetery Khushbagh Lower Circular Road cemetery Madras War Cemetery Mazar-e-Shura Portuguese Cemetery, Kollam St. John's Church, Meerut Scottish Cemetery, Calcutta Sewri Christian Cemetery South Park Street Cemetery York Cemetery, New Delhi
British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia
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