With the rise of British power in India, Surat declined in importance as British-controlled Calcutta and Bombay became more important in trade.[1] Baghdadi settlement shifted first to Bombay and then principally to Calcutta, then the capital of British India and the centre of the jute, muslin, and opium trades.[20] Jewish merchants from Aleppo, traditionally the end of the historic caravan route from India, played an important role in founding the Calcutta Jewish cemetery, which was opened in 1812.[29][unreliable source?]