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| name = Residency Cemetery, Babulbona
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| location = [[Baharampur]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = [[India]]
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'''Residency Cemetery, Babulbona''' also known as Station [[Cemetery|Burial ground]] or Babulbona Cemetery<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://asiconservationportal.nic.in/public-dashboard/work-estimations?page=64&sort=Circles.name&direction=desc|title=Work Estimate Details|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> is a heritage Christian cemetery situated at Babulbona, [[Berhampore, West Bengal|Baharampur]], [[Murshidabad district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/next-weekend-you-can-be-at-lalbagh/cid/1266007|title=Next weekend you can be at...- Lalbagh|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

According to the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], as mentioned in the [[List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal]], the Residency Cemetery also known as 'Station Burial Ground' is an ASI Listed Monument.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://asi.nic.in/alphabetical-list-of-monuments-west-bengal/|title=List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India|publisher= ASI|work= Item no. 109|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>

==History==
Berhampore or Baharampur was fortified in 1757 by the [[East India Company]], after the [[Battle of Plassey]] in June 1757, and it continued as a cantonment until 1870. Many important British residents and military personnel of East India Company, who lived in Berhampore are buried in this cemetery. There are the graves of many European Residents amongst whom most famous were Captain James Skinner, [[George Thomas (soldier)|George Thomas]], Henry Creighton. There are a number of epitaphs attached to the tombs and monuments of 18th and 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/66552/europe-on-the-ganga|title=Did you know that not only the British but the Dutch, the Danes, the French and the Portuguese also set up their own colonies|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> Presently this is a [[List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal|Monument of National Importance in West Bengal]] under maintenance of [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asikolkata.in/murshidabad.aspx|title=Residency Cemetery also known as Station Burial ground|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://121.242.207.115/asi.nic.in/alphabetical-list-of-monuments-west-bengal/|title=Alphabetical List of Monuments|last=|first=|date=|website=asi.nic.in|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Babulbona Cemetery, Baharampur,Murshidabad 09.jpg
File:Babulbona Cemetery, Baharampur,Murshidabad 19.jpg
File:Residency Cemetery, Babulbona in Baharampur 03.jpg
File:Babulbona Cemetery, Baharampur,Murshidabad 14.jpg
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==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Babulbona Residency Cemetery (Baharampur)}}

{{Cemeteries in India}}
{{Murshidabad topics}}
{{Tourist attractions in Murshidabad}}

[[Category:Cemeteries in India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Murshidabad district]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Murshidabad district]]
[[Category:British colonial architecture in India]]
[[Category:18th-century establishments in India]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal]]

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