Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery
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| Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery | |
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 Graves in Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery | |
 Interactive map of Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1854 |
| Abandoned | 1968 |
| Location | Chaibasa, Rangamati tea garden, Jalpaiguri district |
| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 26°53′32″N 88°41′01″E / 26.89232°N 88.68373°E |
| Type | Historic |
Rangamati Tea Estate Cemetery is a European cemetery situated at Chaibasa village, Rangamati tea garden, under Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal, India.[1]
The cemetery area is spread over more than five bighas, having around 100 graves.[2] British, Scottish, Irish and Australian people attached with tea plantation estates of Dooars were buried in the cemetery.[3] It was started in 1854.[4] The grave of Edward Francis Greenway, who died on 28 November 1860, is the oldest one, and Swinton Thomas Agacy of Baradighi tea estate was the last person buried, on 6 March 1968, in this cemetery. Presently, most of the graves are in dilapidated condition, without maintenance.[5]
