• The Scottish Cemetery at Calcutta was established in 1820 catering to the specific needs of the large Scottish population in the Kolkata area.
  • The Scottish Cemetery at Calcutta was established in 1820 catering to the specific needs of the large Scottish population in the Kolkata area.
  • This is the official blog of the team who will survey the Scottish Cemetery at Kolkata. Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7710435.stm.
  • Updated 16th Nov 2016, 17:15 BST. The Scottish Cemetery in Calcutta. The photograph was taken earlier this year following major clearance work.
  • Deep in the heart of Karaya Road, in the Park Circus/Mallickbazaar area, lies Calcutta's only Scottish Cemetery. You can find it on Google Maps by clicking here.
  • One such place was Calcutta, where hundreds of gravestones in the Scottish cemetery decay gently amid the tropical vegetation.
  • In 1820 the Kirk Session of St Andrew's Church was petitioned to provide a cemetery for the Scottish community in Calcutta.
  • ...tombs of Sir William Jones, Rose Aylmer and ‘Hindoo’ Stuart, one finds the Scottish Cemetery, earlier known as the Scots and Dissenters’ Cemetery, Calcutta.
  • Iain will be speaking about the Scottish Cemetery in Kolkata and its links to Dundee. Many people in Dundee went to India to share knowledge about the Jute...
  • Over 1600 ragged old graves, predominantly colonial-era Scottish, lie in this gated graveyard whose jungle-like overgrowth has been cut back in recent…
  • In June 2010, my son and I visited the Scottish Cemetery in Kolkata (Calcutta) to find the grave of Mary Ann Kelly Fimister,our great grandmother and great g...
  • In the Scottish Cemetery of Calcutta there are 1,785 graves in which are buried more than 2,000 Scots, including tea planters, jute merchants, seamen...