The Basilica of Our Lady of Graces is a Roman Catholic church in Sardhana, 19 km north-west of Meerut, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The church was built by Begum Samru, a Muslim Nautch girl of 14 who married a European mercenary soldier, Walter Reinhardt Sombre.
Many are inclined to follow this date because a Latin inscription over the main door of the church puts its dedication in 1822.
Carved by the Italian sculptor Adamo Tadolini and transported to Sardhana from Italy to Kolkata by ship and by boats and bullock carts from there, it depicts Begum Sumru on the throne, smoking a hookah with Europeans and Indians in audience.
It depicts her with a scroll from Emperor Shah Alam II bestowing upon her the fiefdom of Sardhana after her husband's death.
Also depicted are her adopted son David Dyce Sombre and her diwan, Rae Singh who was the great-grandfather of Motilal Nehru.