Bada Kabarastan, also written as "Bara Qabristan" (), is a Muslim

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in the

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area of south

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. One of the largest

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cemeteries in the country, it is also the final resting place of a number of

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s from the Indian

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. Bada Kabarastan is bordered by the Chandanwadi Hindu crematorium and a cemetery. The land was purchased and dedicated to the Muslim Community by

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business man of Mumbai Nakhuda Mohammad Ali Roghay. The land comprises two land one each purchased from Mrs.Woomabay widow of Shamsheth for the sum of RS. 26,620/00 on 8 August 1829 and another from Shapoorjee Sorqbhjhee on 28 June 1832 for the sum of 32,251/00.

Notable interments

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(1907–1964), film director *

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(1912–1949), Urdu poet *

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