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Bantra
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Bantra | |
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Presidency: Bengal | |
Coordinates: | 22.588501°N, 88.3153751°E |
Altitude: | 9 m (30 ft) |
Present Day Details | |
Place Name: | Bantra |
State/Province: | West Bengal |
Country: | India |
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Bantra is a neighbourhood of Calcutta.
Bantra Cemetery
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A report in 2007 says "Most of the original Gravestones have disappeared, and later graves are just mostly mounds on the land. The cemetery is in an engineering, industrial area, and quite hard to find, it's surrounded by workshops and apartments, and has squatters".[1].
External links
- Bantra Cemetery Findagrave.com. Photos and transcriptions of a few tombstones.
References