The Gora Kabristan, also spelled Gora Qabristan and translated as 'white people's graveyard' ( Panjabi: /ਗੋਰਾ ਕਬਰਸਤਾਨ , Hindi-Urdu-Hindustani: गोरा कबरसतान/ ), is one of the oldest

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burial grounds in

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Location

The graveyard is situated adjacent to

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, in close proximity to the

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’s

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on Jail Road and Zafar Ali Road.

History

It was developed after establishment of

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in the Panjab Region as their primary

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. The name literally means the

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graveyard. 'Gora'( ) is a term by

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to refer to pale colour, light skinned or white people. Therefore, a more accurate translation would be "white people's graveyard." The term is not always necessarily used in a derogatory manner.

Notable interments

Many notable personalities of

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era and early

i era are buried there, including: *

Cecil Chaudhry Cecil Chaudhry (Urdu:; 27 August 1941 – 13 April 2012) was a Pakistani academic, human rights activist, and a veteran fighter pilot. As a flight lieutenant, he fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and as a squadron leader in the I ...

Alvin Robert Cornelius Alvin Robert Cornelius, H.Pk (8 May 1903 – 21 December 1991) was a Pakistani jurist, legal philosopher and judge, serving as the 4th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1960 until 1968. In addition, he served as Law Minister in the cabinet of Ya ...

Geoffrey Langlands Geoffrey Douglas Langlands Order of St. Michael and St. George, CMG, Order of the British Empire, MBE, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, HI, Nishan-e-Pakistan, SPk (21 October 1917 – 2 January 2019) was a British educationalist who spent most of his life teachin ...

* Princess Bamba Sutherland * Alfred Cooper Woolner *

Satya Prakash Singha Dewan Bahadur Satya Prakash Singha (1893–1948) was a politician of colonial India, and later, Pakistan, who served as the Speaker of the British Indian Punjab assembly. He was member of the Punjab Assembly between 1947 and 1948. Early life and ...

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