Unknown Burmese Tombs of Berhampore

The town of Berhampore also shares its history with Burma ব্রহ্মদেশ(Republic of the Union of Myanmar). Five tombs said to be of the royal family members of Thibaw Min (থিবো মিন) the last ruler of the Alaungpaya or Konbaung Dynasty, Burma, are located here. Many people at Berhampore beleive that one of them may be of King Thibaw, whose remains were brought from Ratnagiri (Yadanagiri), Bombay, where he died. After Thibaw's defeat in the third Anglo-Burmese war, the Burmese royal family before being exiled to Ratnagiri, India, were brought to Murshidabad, and kept in exile at the Barracks of the Old Zilla Parishad (District Council) Building, Berhampore, which was said to be a Neel Kuthi (indigo centre) at that time. There are five tombs of the Burmese royal family at the graveyard of the Central Sericulture, Berhampore, of which except one all are in dilapidated condition,० ० ० ० ०