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purposes of a Cemetery, towards the laying

17th

of

which the Mahomedan Inhabitants

contribute and subscribe

That in the completion of this

new Cemetery Your petitioners removed

the remains laid

to it, as many as

they had the power.

That there are still the remains

of three bodies. Owing to the length of

time since their interment now about

thirty and more years, your petitioners

have been unable to trace their relations.

That Your petitioners have long felt

the great want of a place of worship

to hold their annual festival known as

The Moharrum,

for

which

purpose they

find the mosque inadequate.

That

Your petitioners need not point

out to Your Excellency that in all countries particularly those in India where the benign British rule is dominant, it has been an invariable custom for the Government to grant land or ground free of all, or, if any, at a nominal charge to every

section of the Community for such purpose.

That while inviting Your Excellency's

attention to the practice above alluded to

Petitioners are not wanting in their

Gratitude

to Your

...

HERE YO

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