Miani Sahib Graveyard

Cemetery in Lahore, Pakistan

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.

Grave of Khawaja Khursheed Anwar Grave of Shorish Kashmiri

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

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* Dulla Bhatti (Rai Abdullah Bhatti)[4]
* Ghazi Ilm-ud-din Shaheed
* Saghar Siddiqui
* Hakim Ahmad Shuja
* Anwar Kamal Pasha
* Shaukat Thanvi
* Khwaja Khurshid Anwar
* Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed
* Saadat Hassan Manto
* Agha Hashar Kashmiri
* Wasif Ali Wasif
* Syed Wajid Ali
* Ihsan Danish
* Muhammad Pervaiz Malik
* Dawood Ghaznavi
* Pervaiz Waheed Sheikh

## See also

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* List of cemeteries in Pakistan
* List of cemeteries in Karachi
* List of cemeteries in Lahore

## References

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1. ^ Newspaper, the (8 February 2013). "Miani Sahib neglected".
2. ^ a b "Pakistan inaugurates a luxury graveyard". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
3. ^ "The Miani Sahib Graveyard Ordinance, 1962". Punjablaws.gov.pk. 7 June 1962. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
4. ^ Mahmood, Parvez (19 May 2022). "Miani Sahib: Resting Place Of Heroes".

## External links

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* Miani Sahib Graveyard at Find a Grave