The 132-year-old aramgah in Bangalore came into being thanks to the beneficence of social worker Shirinbai Cama. When her husband Muncherji Dosabhai Hormusji Cama died and was interred in Bangalore in 1892, Shirinbai reportedly obtained the surrounding plot of land for an aramgah from the government and entrusted the cemetery to the local community.
The now defunct Bangalore Spectator of April 1, 1893 reported that "the Mysore government, at the instance of V. P. Madhava Rao, deputy commissioner, gave a piece of land in Guttahally, to be used as the Parsi burial ground. Mrs Cama has, besides erecting a beautiful marble......