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[http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/Ecological-issue/Darjeelings-English-Cemetery.html Darjeeling’s English Cemetery] by Rebecca Bragg 6 November 2009 darjeelingtimes.com. It was also known as the Hooker Road Cemetery or Hill Cart Road Cemetery according to the comments of Peter J. Karthak, 8 November 2009. He also mentions other cemeteries, including the Jewish Cemetery.
The Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling was maintained by the Board of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery <ref>[http://www.indianjews.org/english/?page_id=194 A Historical Review of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery] indianjews.org. The Oseh Haised Board also maintained the Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling.</ref>
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==Cemeteries==
*[http://www.darjeeling-tourism.com/darj_00002d.htm Darjeeling Old Cemetery] darjeeling-tourism.com
**[http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/opinions/general/231-darjeelings-english-cemetery.html Darjeeling's English Cemetery] by Rebecca Bragg 7 February 2010 and also the [http://www.rebeccabragg.com/updated_story_10.html updated information] from her website including a Questions and Answer session with a [[BACSA]] representative in July 2010 and [http://www.rebeccabragg.com/cemetery_photos_7.html Cemetery photos]
* Darjeeling New Cemetery. (Singtom Cemetery] Established 1858.
** This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2007-05/1179823575 India List post] reports that the Singtom cemetery is in a neglected state and gravestones have disappeared.
* The Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling was maintained by the Board of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery <ref>[http://www.indianjews.org/english/?page_id=194 A Historical Review of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery] indianjews.org. The Oseh Haised Board also maintained the Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling.</ref>
A [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia)]] cemetery publication is
[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
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