Parsi cemetery, Ootacamund (Ooty)
E403523
The Parsi cemetery in Ootacamund (Ooty) is a Zoroastrian burial ground in the Nilgiri hill station of Tamil Nadu, India, known notably as the final resting place of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parsi cemetery, Ootacamund | 1 |
| Parsi cemetery, Ootacamund (Ooty) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3973850 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parsi cemetery, Ootacamund (Ooty) Context triple: [Sam Manekshaw, burialPlace, Parsi cemetery, Ootacamund (Ooty)]
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A.
Lower Circular Road Cemetery, Calcutta
Lower Circular Road Cemetery in Calcutta is a historic Christian burial ground notable as the resting place of prominent 19th-century figures, including Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
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B.
Panipat War Memorial
Panipat War Memorial is a commemorative complex in Panipat, India, honoring the soldiers and historic battles fought there through statues, murals, and landscaped grounds.
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C.
Chunuk Bair Memorial
Chunuk Bair Memorial is a World War I monument on the Gallipoli Peninsula commemorating the New Zealand and Allied soldiers who fought and died in the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.
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D.
Mangal Pandey Park
Mangal Pandey Park is a memorial park in Barrackpore, West Bengal, dedicated to Indian freedom fighter Mangal Pandey and his role in the 1857 uprising.
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E.
Ambedkar Memorial Park
Ambedkar Memorial Park is a grand public memorial and park in Lucknow, India, dedicated to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and other social reformers, known for its monumental statues, sandstone architecture, and expansive plazas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parsi cemetery, Ootacamund (Ooty) Target entity description: The Parsi cemetery in Ootacamund (Ooty) is a Zoroastrian burial ground in the Nilgiri hill station of Tamil Nadu, India, known notably as the final resting place of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.
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A.
Lower Circular Road Cemetery, Calcutta
Lower Circular Road Cemetery in Calcutta is a historic Christian burial ground notable as the resting place of prominent 19th-century figures, including Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
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B.
Panipat War Memorial
Panipat War Memorial is a commemorative complex in Panipat, India, honoring the soldiers and historic battles fought there through statues, murals, and landscaped grounds.
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C.
Chunuk Bair Memorial
Chunuk Bair Memorial is a World War I monument on the Gallipoli Peninsula commemorating the New Zealand and Allied soldiers who fought and died in the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.
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D.
Mangal Pandey Park
Mangal Pandey Park is a memorial park in Barrackpore, West Bengal, dedicated to Indian freedom fighter Mangal Pandey and his role in the 1857 uprising.
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E.
Ambedkar Memorial Park
Ambedkar Memorial Park is a grand public memorial and park in Lucknow, India, dedicated to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and other social reformers, known for its monumental statues, sandstone architecture, and expansive plazas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zoroastrian cemetery
ⓘ
burial ground ⓘ cemetery ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Indian Armed Forces
ⓘ
Parsi community of Ooty ⓘ |
| burialType | in-ground burial ⓘ |
| commemorates | members of the Parsi community in Ooty ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
India
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of India
|
| culturalContext |
Parsi heritage in South India
ⓘ
Zoroastrian heritage in the Nilgiris ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
burial place
ⓘ
memorial site ⓘ |
| hasGraveOf |
former Chief of the Army Staff of India
ⓘ
former Field Marshal of the Indian Army ⓘ |
| heritageType | minority community cemetery ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
English
ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ooty
ⓘ
surface form:
Ootacamund
Ooty ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision |
South India
ⓘ
surface form:
southern India
|
| locatedInDistrict | Nilgiris district ⓘ |
| locatedInHillStation | Ooty ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Nilgiri Hills ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| near |
Ooty
ⓘ
surface form:
Ooty town centre
|
| notableBurial |
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
ⓘ
surface form:
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw ⓘ
surface form:
Sam Manekshaw
|
| notableFor |
Parsi burials in the Nilgiri hill station of Ooty
ⓘ
being the final resting place of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw ⓘ |
| region |
Nilgiris district
ⓘ
surface form:
Nilgiris
|
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
Parsis
ⓘ
Zoroastrians ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Parsi cemetery, Ootacamund (Ooty) Description of subject: The Parsi cemetery in Ootacamund (Ooty) is a Zoroastrian burial ground in the Nilgiri hill station of Tamil Nadu, India, known notably as the final resting place of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sam Manekshaw
subject surface form:
Sam Manekshaw
this entity surface form:
Parsi cemetery, Ootacamund