Miani Sahib Graveyard
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The Miani Sahib Graveyard (Punjabi, Urdu: میانی صاحب قبرستان) is the largest graveyard in the city of Lahore, Pakistan.[1] It is in the centre of Lahore.[2] Its origins date back to the Mughal era, making it one of the oldest graveyards in the region.
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Miani Sahib Graveyard occupies around 1,206 Kanal (60 hectares, 149 acres) of land and has a capacity of approximately 300,000 graves. It is administered by the Miani Sahib Graveyard Committee (MSGC), which was formed on 31 May 1962.[3]
Gravediggers at the cemetery routinely bury the bodies of the newly deceased in plots that go unvisited.[2]
Notable interments[edit]
- Dulla Bhatti (Rai Abdullah Bhatti)[4]
- Ghazi Ilm-ud-din Shaheed
- Saghar Siddiqui
- Hakim Ahmad Shuja
- Anwar Kamal Pasha
- Khwaja Khurshid Anwar
- Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed
- Saadat Hassan Manto
- Agha Hashar Kashmiri
- Wasif Ali Wasif
- Syed Wajid Ali
- Ihsan Danish
- Muhammad Pervaiz Malik
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Newspaper, the (8 February 2013). "Miani Sahib neglected".
- ^ a b https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21727124-it-may-make-death-unequal-life-pakistan-inaugurates-luxury-graveyard Pakistan inaugurates a luxury graveyard
- ^ "The Miani Sahib Graveyard Ordinance, 1962". Punjablaws.gov.pk. 7 June 1962. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ Mahmood, Parvez (19 May 2022). "Miani Sahib: Resting Place Of Heroes".
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