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The '''Armenian cemetery in Hyderabad''', also known as '''Uppuguda Armenian cemetery''', is a three-hundred-year-old [[cemetery]], belongs from [[Qutb Shahi]] period. The Armenian cemetery is located at [[Uppuguda]] (former Opiguda) a suburb of [[Hyderabad, India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130710/news-current-affairs/article/vanishing-historic-sites-ap |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528054502/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/130710/news-current-affairs/article/vanishing-historic-sites-ap |archive-date=28 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==The cemetery==<br />
The site houses [[Armenia]]n cemeteries and churchyard. Total of 19 [[Armenian diaspora|Armenian]] are buried in this cemetery, including two priests Rev Johannes (1680) and Rev Simon (1724). This is the last known trace of the Armenian relation with the city of [[Hyderabad, India]]. <br />
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There was considerable Armenian settlement in Hyderabad, the Armenian community of Hyderabad received a [[Papal bull|Pontifical Bull]] from [[Etchmiadzin Cathedral|Holy Etchmiadzin]]. The cemetery was shared by the [[Dutch people|Dutch]] and [[English people|English]] people residing in Hyderabad, India in those times as there was no specific cemetery for them.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|title=Armenian cemetery in dire straits|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3252478.ece?css=print|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 March 2012|accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="TOI">{{cite news|title=High on hobbies: A society chronicles history in its own way|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-01/hyderabad/31526588_1_hobbies-notes-collection|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126043730/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-01/hyderabad/31526588_1_hobbies-notes-collection|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=1 May 2012|accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Asbarez">{{cite news|title=In India, Historic Armenian Cemetery Buried Under Waste|url=http://asbarez.com/61226/in-india-historic-armenian-cemetery-buried-under-waste-2/|work=[[Asbarez]]|date=17 April 2009|accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Conservation==<br />
Armenian cemetery in Hyderabad, India is protected monument by [[Archaeological Survey of India|Department of Archaeology]] under the Indian archaeological sites and remains Act, 1960. It is almost on the verge of being erased due to negligence of residents and responsible department.<ref name="The Hindu"/><ref name="TOI"/><ref name="Asbarez"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Armenians in India]]<br />
*[[Armenia–India relations]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002219/http://www.anglo-india-central.co.uk/template4/wp-content/uploads/Historical-Armenian-Cemetery-Buried-under-waste.jpg The cemetery Image].<br />
:[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3252478.ece?css=print The current condition of cemetery, Image].<br />
:[http://issuu.com/bpdhyd/docs/heritage_hyderabad Book source]<br />
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20120717070431/http://menq.am/history/chap1_part02.htm Armenian settlement in India]<br />
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