Guidance

India: bereavement: death abroad

Information to help the friends and family of British nationals who have died in India.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
24 May 2016
Last updated
23 December 2024 — See all updates

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India: bereavement information

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Includes information on:

  • what to do when someone dies in India
  • burial and cremation
  • returning bodies to the UK (repatriation)

See also what to do when someone dies: death abroad.

Updates to this page

Published 24 May 2016
Last updated 23 December 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated guidance overall.

  2. Annual review: updated guidance.

  3. Updated Bereavement Information Pack for India

  4. Added Bereavement information pack - India

  5. First published.

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