Record

Unique IDCWGC/1/1/5/30
Alt Ref NoWG 909/9
TitleIndian Graves Committee
DescriptionMain topics: appointment and meeting of committee; request to Indian army units to suggest designs for headstones; proposals for designs of memorial buildings to Muslim and Hindu dead by E. Lutyens and H. Baker; consultations on religious aspects of the proposed designs with Indian experts; choice of site for Hindu memorial.
Date26/2/1918 - 22/8/1922
Multimedia

CWGC_1_1_5_30 opt.pdf

Content NoteIncluding:Minutes of committee meeting re correct treatment of bodies and marking of graves according to religious faith; 20 Mar. 1918.Papers re correct Muslim and Hindu commemorative practices; presented to meeting; 20 Mar. 1918.
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteMUCH OF CORRESPONDENCE IS WITH F. KENYON; E. LUTYENS AND H. BAKER; AND WITH INDIAN REPRESENTATIVES ON THE COMMITTEE.

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