Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery

Last updated
Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery
Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery, Chaibasa, Malbazar, Jalpaiguri district 08.jpg
Graves in Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery
Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery
Details
Established1854;171 years ago (1854)
Abandoned1968
Location
Chaibasa, Rangamati tea garden, Jalpaiguri district
Country India
Coordinates 26°53′32″N88°41′01″E / 26.89232°N 88.68373°E / 26.89232; 88.68373
TypeHistoric

Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery is an European cemetery situated at Chaibasa village, Rangamati tea garden, under Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal, India. [1]

Contents

History

The cemetery area is spread over more than five bighas, having around 100 graves. [2] British, Scottish, Irish and Australian people attached with tea plantation estates of Dooars were buried in the cemetery. [3] It was started in 1854. [4] The grave of Edward Francis Greenway, who died on 28 November 1860, is the oldest one, and Swinton Thomas Agacy of Baradighi tea estate was the last person buried, on 6 March 1968, in this cemetery. Presently, most of the graves are in dilapidated condition, without maintenance. [5]

Notable graves

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, David (2025-05-26). The Lasting Legacy of Colonial Cemeteries in South Asia. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-895970-0.
  2. ↑ "Graveyard in Rangamati: শতাব্দীপ্রাচীন সমাধিক্ষেত্র! আজ আর কেউ মোমবাতি জ্বালতেও আসেন না এখানে, অথচ..." Zee24Ghanta.com (in Bengali). 2024-12-25. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  3. ↑ বিতান দে (2025-02-03). "নেই-মানুষদের এখনও ঠিকানা 'চাইবাসা'". Eisamay Online (in Bengali). Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  4. ↑ When requesting at the British Library quote. "Calcutta and West Bengal" (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  5. ↑ AVIJIT SINHA. "Treasure hunters after old graves" . Retrieved 2 June 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.