Tagged: Notable Graves

South Park Street Cemetery,Kolkata 8

Novelist Charles Dickens and His Connection with Calcutta

Do you know there is a relationship between famous Novelist Charles Dickens and Calcutta? Yes, It is a fact. His favorite son “Young Skull”, nickname of Walter Savage Landor Dickens joined British Infantry Regiment and posted here in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in the mid of 19th century.

Roza Bal - Tomb of Jesus Christ in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India 15

Kashmir Diary: Roza Bal – Is It Really the Tomb of Jesus Christ?

Is it fact? Am I really standing at the tomb of Jesus Christ? I don’t know, whether it is the tomb of Jesus Christ or as per recent claim, it is the tomb of Adolf Hitler? A group of indigenous people cordoned me and literally, snatched my camera and forced me to delete the photographs of Roza Bal.Suzanne Olsson, who claiming to be Jesus Christ’s ‘59th descendant arrived in Srinagar in 2002 and seeking DNA testing of the controversial tomb.

Grave of First Professor of Surgery – Dr.Lalit Mohan Banerji 4

Grave of First Professor of Surgery – Dr.Lalit Mohan Banerji

On 25th of July 1941, the day Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was shifted from Shantiniketan to his Calcutta residence in Jorasanko for treatment. During that period health condition of Gurudev was...

Maniktalla Christian Cemetery in Kolkata (Calcutta), India 3

Maniktala Christian Cemetery & Toru Dutt

Maniktalla Christian Cemetery!! A Lost Cemetery I was astonished during my visit to Maniktalla Christian Cemetery. In every square inch of the graveyard, there was an impression of negligence. Surprisingly,...