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{{Short description|Christian cemetery in Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Infobox Cemetery|name=Sheikh Bagh Cemetery|image=File:Gravestone at sheikh bagh cemetery srinagar kashmir.jpg|imagesize=|caption=A gravestone at Sheikh Bagh Cemetery|established={{start date and age|1700}}|country=India|location=Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir|coordinates={{Coord|34|04|14|N|74|48|46|E|display=inline,title}}|type=Public|owner=Catholic Church and CNI|size=|graves=|findagraveid=|website=}}'''Sheikh bagh cemetery''' is the one and only Christian cemetery in the [[Srinagar]] city of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Projects - The Kabristan Archives|url=https://www.kabristan.org.uk/projects-78|access-date=2021-12-14|website=www.kabristan.org.uk}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Projects|url=https://www.himalayanmiscellany.com/projects/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Himalayan Miscellany|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-10-20|title=What the floods did to Kashmir's grand heritage|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29685904|access-date=2021-12-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Inspirational people and care for the deprived: medical missionaries in Kashmir|url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/journal/issue/journal_38_1/mir.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Embattled Kashmir Is Getting Back On Tourists' Radars|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2014/kashmir20140510a.html|access-date=2021-12-16|website=www.jammu-kashmir.com}}</ref> It is a British era cemetery and hence is also claimed as the heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flood ravages Srinagar's British-era buildings|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/flood-ravages-srinagars-british-era-buildings|access-date=2021-12-14|website=www.sunday-guardian.com}}</ref> The cemetery is accessed by the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic church]], [[Church of North India|CNI]] and other Christian denominations in [[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A week in Kashmir: the church|url=http://www.andrewwhitehead.net/1/post/2017/04/a-week-in-kashmir-the-church.html|access-date=2021-12-14|website=ANDREW WHITEHEAD|language=en}}</ref> Many gravestones bear the year 1700. Cemetery contains remains of many famous people like [[Robert Thorpe (Indian Army officer)|Robert Thorpe]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-11-22|title=Separatist leader mops Thorpe's grave on 144th death anniversary|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/separatist-leader-mops-thorpe-s-grave-on-144th-death-anniversary/story-C0dlOs1JltgXVmuHg4By2O.html|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Don't Dislodge the Heritage|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/dont-dislodge-the-heritage|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Greater Kashmir|language=en}}</ref> and [[Jim Borst]]. In 2014, the repair work of the graveyard funded by the [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia]] was organised, after a flood destroyed it.<ref name=":0" />

== List of burials ==

# [[Arthur Neve]]
# [[Ernest Frederic Neve]]
# [[Robert Thorpe (Indian Army officer)|Robert Thorpe]]
# [[Jim Borst]]
#[[Fanny Jane Butler]]
#[[Nora Neve]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Christian cemeteries]]
[[Category:British India]]
[[Category:Anglican cemeteries in India]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic cemeteries in India]]
[[Category:Presbyterian cemeteries]]
[[Category:Protestant Reformed cemeteries]]
[[Category:Cultural heritage]]
[[Category:Cemeteries established in the 18th century]]

Sheikh bagh cemetery - Revision history

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