Khejuri British Cemetery
cemetery in West Bengal
Khejuri British Cemetery, historically known as the Kedgeree burial ground, is a colonial-era cemetery at Khejuri in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It developed beside the former anchorage of Kedgeree near the mouth of the Hooghly River, where Europeans connected with shipping, the port and local administration lived or passed through the settlement. Although 1800 has often been given as the cemetery's date, a ship's log records a European burial there in 1785.
Name and background
Khejuri appeared in British records as Kedgeree, Khejri and other variants. The 1885 Imperial Gazetteer described an "old English burial-ground" near the village, dating from the period when deep-draught vessels did not proceed to Calcutta. Kedgeree consequently served as an anchorage for vessels approaching the city.
History
The burial ground was in use by 13 May 1785, when East India Company shipwright John Bobin died aboard the Earl of Mansfield. Captain William Fraser's log records that Bobin, aged about 40, was interred in the European burial ground at Kedgeree. The frequently repeated date of 1800 instead appears to relate to the earliest inscription identified in later surveys; uninscribed graves may be older.
By 1842 the ground had deteriorated.
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