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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Cemetery in Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra,India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox Cemetery<br />
|name = Sewri cemetery<br />
|image = Statue in Sewri Christian Cemetery.jpg<br />
|imagesize =<br />
|caption = Statue in Sewri Christian Cemetery<br />
|established = 1864<br />
|country = India<br />
|location = Sewri, Mumbai<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|19.001|N|72.851|E}}<br />
|type = Public<br />
|owner = [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]]<br />
|size = <!-- geographic size such as acres --><br />
|graves = <!-- how many gravesites --><br />
|findagraveid = 2296111<br />
|website = <!-- official website --><br />
}}<br />
The '''Sewri Christian Cemetery''' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: शिवडी ख्रिस्ती स्मशान भूमि ''Sewrī Kristi smashan bhumi'') in [[Sewri]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]], was established by [[Arthur Crawford]], the first [[Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai|Municipal Commissioner of Bombay]] as a location for European burials. The land was acquired from the Agri-Horticulture Society's gardens in 1865.<br />
The bodies of Commonwealth military service personnel buried in the cemetery during the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]s were all exhumed and reburied at [[Khadki|Kirkee War Cemetery]] where permanent maintenance by the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] could be assured,<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2016603/BOMBAY%20(SEWRI)%20CEMETERY] CWGC Cemetery Report.</ref> with the exception of a Second World War soldier of the [[Women's Auxiliary Corps (India)]]<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2191568/FOLEY,%20THELMA] CWGC Casualty record.</ref> whose grave is still registered and maintained by the commission.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-26|title=সেওরি সেমেটারির ভূত|url=https://www.exclusiveadhirath.com/ghost-of-sewri-cemetery/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Exclusive Adhirath|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==People buried==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
People Buried<br />
!Name<br />
!Date<br />
!Who<br />
|-<br />
|[[George Wittet]]<br />
|1926<br />
| Architect, designed the [[Gateway of India]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Francis Newton Souza]]<br />
| 2002<br />
| Avant Garde artist<br />
|-<br />
| [[Frederick William Stevens]]<br />
| 1900<br />
| Architect of the [[Victoria Terminus]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Dom Moraes]]<br />
| 2004<br />
| Poet<ref name="mores">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071013/saturday/above.htm|title=This Above All Requiem to Dom Moraes|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|author=Khushwant Singh|author-link=Khushwant Singh|access-date=2009-02-05}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[Joseph Baptista]]<br />
| 1930<br />
| Mayor of Bombay<br />
|-<br />
|Cyril Frederick Golding<br />
|1951<br />
|25 Jun 1937, elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly, from the constituency of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and the Bombay Presidency Trades Association.<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Sewri Christian Cemetery, Mumbai 28.jpg|<br />
File:Sewri Christian Cemetery, Mumbai 19.jpg|<br />
File:Sewri Christian Cemetery, Mumbai 24.jpg|<br />
File:Graves in Sewri Christian Cemetery.jpg|<br />
File:Sewri Christian Cemetery, Mumbai 08.jpg|<br />
File:Sewri Christian Cemetery, Mumbai 03.jpg|<br />
File:Chapel in Sewri Christian Cemetery.jpg|</gallery><br />
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==Notes==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=105566|title=Families pray for kin on "All Souls Day"|newspaper=[[The Indian Express|The Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd]]|author=Express News Service|date=2004-11-02|access-date=2009-02-05}}<br />
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}<br />
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{{Cemeteries in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Cemeteries in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Christian cemeteries]]<br />
[[Category:1864 establishments in India]]<br />
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