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Gora Qabristan (Lt. Heward Bagh)

Gilgit-BaltistanCemeteryProtected
In July 1870, during a journey to explore the Pamir plateau, a British explorer was allegedly murdered near Darkot pass in Ghizir (then a princely state). He was found dead under the shade of a tree. On 27 July 1870, his dead body was brought to Gilgit and buried in an orchard. With time the orchard received more burials and it became a Britishers burial place. With time the cemetery had different names: Hayward Garden, Christian Cemetery.
Record ID
7899
Province / territory
Gilgit-Baltistan
District
Gilgit
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Cemetery
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
35.92301, 74.30516 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Anonymous. (Miscellaneous). Built Heritage of Gilgit Baltistan by Baltistan Culture and Development Foundation. Miscellaneous.

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