It was developed after establishment of British Raj in the Punjab Region as their primary Cemetery in Lahore. The name literally means the white graveyard. 'Gora' is an Urdu word and is used by Pakistanis to refer to light skinned or white people. Therefore, a more accurate translation would be "white people's graveyard." The term is not always necessarily used in a derogatory manner.
Notable intermentsedit
Headstone of Princess Bamba Sutherland (1869–1957), daughter of Maharajah Duleep Singh and granddaughter of Maharajah Ranjit Singh (2006)
Many notable personalities of British era and early Pakistani era are buried there, including
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