Established in 1808, Lothian Cemetery is the oldest British cemetery in New Delhi. It was used for more than a century before it was closed to burials during the 1960s. Buried in the cemetery are those who belonged to the local Christian community between 1808 and 1867. Throughout the cemetery are graves of members of the East India Company and their families who perished during India’s first cholera outbreak during the 19th-century. Also buried in the cemetery are English servicemen who died during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The rebellion…
