Park Street Graveyard Kolkata

Kolkata is a booming tourist destination, with people from all over the world coming here, drawn by the exotic and interesting ambience it exudes. People come here awed by the magnificent heritage, the vibrant culture, the confusing mêlée of crowds, and fascinating way of life of the numerous people thronging the busy streets. And, Kolkata offers them an experience that will last them a lifetime, and more! With its bewildering options in every field, be it entertainment, lodging, shopping, theater and arts, food or tourist attractions, Kolkata presents its visitors with much to choose from. One of the most interesting and quite a ‘different’ sort of place that people can visit here is the Park Street Graveyard, Kolkata.

The Park Street Graveyard, Kolkata, is one of the oldest Christian burial grounds in the city, and was constructed in 1767 to accommodate the large number of the British people who died away from their homeland. A place that offers an open-air history class, the Park Street Graveyard, Kolkata, is testimony of colonial settlers who lived and died in this city. An interesting fact is that the oldest recorded British grave, belonging to a certain Mr. Wood, a "writer" at the Writers' Building, the British administrative headquarters can be found here.

The Park Street Graveyard, Kolkata, is a mysterious cemetery that consists of many intriguing pyramids, pagodas, pavilions, obelisks and urns that hold the last of the Britishers of the Raj era. The elite class of British colonial society lies buried in the Park Street Graveyard, Kolkata, one of the finest colonial cemeteries anywhere in the world. The big names that lie here include people of great stature like Richmond Thackery, Col Akilis, William James, Col Kyd, Sir Thomas D'Oyly, the British Member of Parliament in early 18th century and Sir Willam Jones, the founder of Botanical Garden and great oriental scholar, and, of course, Michael Madhusudhan Dutta.