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<div>{{Short description|Historic cemetery in West Bengal}}<br />
{{Infobox cemetery<br />
| name = Dutch Cemetery<br />
| image = Dutch Cemetery - Chinsurah - Hooghly 2017-05-14 8528.JPG<br />
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| map_type = India#India West Bengal<br />
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| map_caption = Location of Dutch Cemetery in India<br />
| caption = Skyline of Dutch Cemetery<br />
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| country = {{flag|India}}<br />
| location = [[Chinsurah]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22.8909|88.3921|display=inline,title|format=dms}}<br />
| type = Public<br />
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| findagraveid = 2613528<br />
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[[File:Dutch Cemetery Chinsurah - 2.jpg|thumb|left|Plaque with history of the cemetery]]<br />
The '''Dutch Cemetery''' ({{lang-nl|Nederlandse begraafplaats}}) of [[Chinsurah]] was constructed on the order of the director of the [[Dutch East India Company]] in [[Dutch Bengal|Bengal]]. The cemetery and all its graves are now maintained and [[Archaeological Survey of India]] under the protection of ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains of national importance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_westbengal.asp|title=List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of National Importance in West Bengal|last=|first=|date=2011|website=Archaeological Survey of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106231903/http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_westbengal.asp|archive-date=6 November 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Notable people buried ==<br />
* [[Charles Cameron (army officer)|Charles Cameron]], Scottish army officer<br />
* [[Daniel Anthony Overbeek]], the last resident of Dutch Bengal<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Commons category|Dutch Cemetery in Chinsurah}}<br />
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[[Category:Cemeteries in India]]<br />
[[Category:Dutch Bengal]]<br />
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