Calcutta Streets, Squares and Neighbourhoods

Streets, Squares and Neighbourhoods

Bandel

The word Bandel has originated from the Bengali word “Bandar” which means port. Thus, this place may have been the port of Hooghly during the era of the Mughals and the Portuguese. The structures related to the Portuguese are the...

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Howrah Bridge

The Howrah Bridge is built over the Hooghly River in Kolkata. It is so named because it connects the Howrah city to its twin city, Kolkata. This bridge was renamed as Rabindra Setu on 14th June 1965, after Rabindranath Tagore who was the...

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Address: Howrah Bridge

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Chowringhee

Chowringhee is an assembly constituency in central Kolkata that has Jawaharlal Nehru Road (earlier called as Chowringhee Road) on its western side and is a shopper’s destination and entertainment-hotel center. To the north of...

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Address: Chowringhee Road

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BBD Bagh

The BBD Bagh is a square in Central Kolkata that was formerly called as Dalhousie Square in the memory of the Governor General of India from 1847 to 1856, Lord Dalhousie, but was renamed BBD (Binoy, Badal, Dinesh) Bagh in the memory of the...

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Address: Dalhousie Square

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