Bada Qabrastan Mumbai
Bada Kabarastan, also written as "Bara Qabristan" (transl. Large Graveyard), is a Muslim cemetery in the Marine Lines area of south Mumbai in India. One of the largest Muslim cemeteries in the country, it is also the final resting place of a number of icons from the Indian film industry.
Bada Kabarastan is bordered by the Chandanwadi Hindu crematorium and a cemetery.
The land was purchased and dedicated to the Muslim Community by Konkani Muslim 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
- Mehboob Khan (1907–1964), film director
- Meeraji (1912–1949), Urdu poet
- Yakub Memon (1962–2015),
- Ismail Merchant (1936–2005), TV and film producer
- Nargis (1929–1981), actress
- Shyama (1935–2017), actress
- Suraiya (1929–2004), actress
External links
- The old resting places of the beautiful
- Bada Qabrastan Mumbai at Find a Grave
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