Scottish immigration to India began with the union of Scotland with England in 1707 to create the United Kingdom.

[1] Under the deal, Scotland's landed families gained access to the East India Company, and gradually become its dominant force.

By 1792, Scots made up one in nine EIC civil servants, six in eleven common soldiers and one in three officers.

The 18th and 19th centuries saw Scots found some of the first modern colleges in India, which acted as a 'cultural conduit' through which Enlightenment values came to permeate Indian society.

Well over 90% of those buried bear recognizably Scots names such as Reid, McGregor, Campbell and Ross.