1. In Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli hill town, there are 3 British-era cemeteries.
2. These are as old as Kasauli itself. Kasauli was founded by the Britishers in 1842.
3. Located in the forests where the sunlight is never enough, hundreds of dead lie in these graveyards.
4. Most graves are of the European men and women, who lived and died in Kasauli in the early British days.
5. The oldest graves are almost 200-year-old from the days when Britishers had first started exploring Kasauli.
Many believe that Kasauli cemeteries are haunted and avoid coming here.
6. There are many family graves here with names inscribed on headstones.
7. But the grave with a house-shaped headstone makes you pause. You almost start wishing for life after death.
8. Also buried here are 29 soldiers of the British army, who had died in the first World War.
9. The graves of these soldiers were restored by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).
10. However, others are not as fortunate. Many graves are lying in ruins.
11. “The dead here need peace and care,” says Devi Lal, the lone caretaker of the cemetery and better known as
'Kabristan ka Chowkidar'
in Kasauli.
12. There is no peace for the dead even in the grave. These cemeteries have seen thefts of iron Crosses, marble headstones and slabs.
13. "This place haunted? Nah! But I do see dead people being haunted by the humans here," says Devi Lal.
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