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Old Protestant Cemetery, Bangalore Madras
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Old Protestant Cemetery, Bangalore Madras
[Old Protestant Cemetery] [Bangalore Madras]
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Old Protestant Cemetery
Also known as: Agram Cemetery
The Old Protestant Cemetery (Photographs) or the Agram Cemetery is in close proximity to, and a little to the west of, the Agram Barracks; today, the location is slightly different in landmarks, to the East there is the ASC Officers Mess, To the South, the Records Office, To the North there are Quarters of both the Military and the Reserve Police, to the West there is the Reserve Police Parade Grounds. There is only one gate to this Cemetery that is located between the Records Office and the Parade Ground, and it is always shut. IN this Cemetery, the tombs of many good and great men, Soldiers, Wives, Children, Pastors, long since passed away, are to be seen here. The Cemetery in the first decade of 1900 was open on Thursdays and Sundays to the public, from sunrise. There were several graves dating as far back as 1808 and contained interesting cenotaphs and epitaphs. This Cemetery has also figured in the Believe It or Not. It was said that one of the soldiers buried there was executed because he did not drink his pint of rum! The Cemetery was disused from around 1870, and was abandoned after the 1920's. (There was a separate Cemetery for the Roman Catholics, which was situated on Richmond Road, in the compound of the Church of the Sacred Heart. These graves have been unfortunately cleared for a Parking Spot, and there is also no record as to who was buried there, even the grave stones were broken into pieces. There is only one grave that has been preserved, because the owner appeared to the Bishop and Parish Priest and got the tomb excavated, people believe that the body of a young girl was found intact and fresh. She is buried in the Priest's Cemetery in the same compound in an enclosed area. This account is true, and details can be found under the life of Rev. Fr. Antoine Mary
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