The Lasting Legacy of Colonial Cemeteries in South Asia

The work examines how colonial cemeteries reflect the British Empire's history in the region. Nearly two million Europeans were buried in these sites which documented imperial expansion. After 1947, the declining upkeep led to the formation of BACSA to preserve these historical markers amid postcolonial changes.

David A. Johnson is a historian of British imperial history at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, with a primary interest in the colonial-built environment. His research has appeared in Palgrave's Britain and the World Book Series and in academic journals such as Urban History, Radical History Review, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Britain and the World, and the History Teacher. He has received two Fulbright Fellowships, one as a student and more recently as a scholar.