NICHOLSON CEMETRY

In the hustle and bustle of Kashmiri Gate hidden behind some food lorries is the simple gate of the Nicholson Cemetery.
Dotted by hundreds of graves which are  shadowed by pomegranate, tamarind and  neem trees and bougainvilleas. It is named after Brigadier General John Nicholson whose grave is among the first few graves, he was brutally wounded in the 1857 munity and died at the age of 35. He was infamous for his cruelty.

The Maingate

The first look

Nicholson Grave 

There we met a gentleman maybe in his sixties we asked him whether the stories about Nicholson's ghost are true and he said that if you believe in it then yes, you might even be scared of your shadow  and if you do not believe than nothing can scare you.

 He added that this places is not about the devil who is buried but about all the loved souls. He said that a few years back there was a research held here to find about the authenticity of the stories which bought scientists and religious diplomats with all their fancy tools and they didn't reach an good result but this place started becoming a hot spot for young people and that's why they had to get the research stopped because it's a cemetery not a college canteen. 

He also told us that the cemetery is a first burial cemetery only few second burials have been done of the deceased family member and that can be done at least after 6 or more years of first burial.Getting a second  burial requires a number of official documents.He also added that people were very happy that Group4  was given the renovation work but they didn't do the required work leaving  everyone dissapointed .When I asked his name he gave a very diplomatic answer, "you people know Gandhi's name but you just know his name" and then he went on about todays political world. 

Some graves had epitaph written in foreign language ,some had angels looking over the resting soul,some had verses from the holy bible some had nothing but the registration number the old cracked gravestone trail to the back of the graveyard where post colonial departed souls rest with freshly layed flowers on few, unlike the colonial ones who don't have frequent visitors except Nicholson because his reputated ghost