The European Cemetery is a state protected monument at

Ambala district Ambala district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in the country of India with Ambala town serving as the administrative headquarters of the district. District Ambala lies on the North-Eastern edge of Haryana and borders Punjab and Hima ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

. The occupancy right and management of the Cemetery is with the British High Commission. There are 66 graves of martyrs of world War 1 The war graves comes under the protection of Common Wealth War Graves Commission ( CWGC). It is also known as military Cemetery, as there are many graves and monuments erected in the memory of soldiers served in the Indian Army of the British era.The graves found here are in the European Architecture. After Independence, the Cemetery is taken care by Ambala Cemetery Committee and the Honorary Secretary of the Committee is the Parish Priest of Holy Redeemer Church ( Catholic Church) and maintain two lakh grave in the cemetery.

Legend

During 1899-1902 AD, British sent hundreds of Boer prisoners to Sri Lanka, India and other colonies. Many of the prisoners were kept at Ambala Jail. Few of Boer Prisoners couldn't return to their country and died in Ambala, India. Twenty of them got buried in European Cemetery. The rest had an agreement to join hands with British to fight against Black. The graves of Boers has their name inscribed at European Cemetery. European Cemetery is also the resting place the last

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...

officials served in India.

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