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272  EASTERN INDIA

Exploring Kolkata

The city of Kolkata lies in a long strip, with the river to its west and
the wetlands to its east. Along the riverfront, the Strand, is the
city centre with the Maidan, a large 400-ha (988-acre) park, where
Kolkata’s residents play football, hold political rallies or enjoy
the cool evenings. On the other side of the park is the city’s main
thoroughfare, the Chowringhee, or Jawaharlal Nehru Road, with
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shops, hotels, offices and residential buildings. The southern NETAJI SUBHASH RD K E S H A B C H A N D R A S E N S T R E E T
part of the city has the middle-class residential areas, while north M A H A T M A G A N D H I R
A R M E N I A N S T R E E T
Kolkata is the older part of the city, its maze of narrow lanes BIPLABI RASH BIHARI RD Presidency Sanskrit
College
crowded with houses cheek by jowl with shops and offices. MILLENNIUM R O A D Stock EZRA STREET MAULANA SAUKAT ALI ST University COLLEGE ST O A D Indian RAJA RAMMOHAN SARANI
College
Coffee
Calcutta
House
FAIRLIE
Ashutosh
S T R A N D KOILAGHAT ST Writers' BRABOURNE RD St Andrew's TIRETTA BAZAAR ST CHITTARANJAN AVE Museum S U R YA S E N S T
PLACE
PARK
Exchange
Central
Kirk
W AT E R LO O S T B E N T I N C K S T R E E T
Chandpal HARE STREET R N MUKHERJI ROAD PREMCHAND B ARA L ST
Ghat Building B E P I N B E H A R I G A N G U LY S T R E E T
High KIRON SHANKAR ROY RD GOVT PLACE EAST W E S T O N S T R E E T
Court GOVT SCOTT LANE
Town
ESPLANADE ROW WEST LACE WEST PLACE
Hall NORTH Chandni
Chowk
Raj G A N E S H C H A N D R A AV E N U E HIDARAM BANERJI LN
Assembly Bhavan
House GOVT P BIPLAB ANUKUL CHANDRA ST
EDEN GARDENS JAWAHARLAL NEHRU RD S A S H I B H U S H A N S T R E E T
SHAHID KHUDIRAM BOSE RD
Babu Ghat Esplanade
The majestic Victoria Memorial in Kolkata ED E N G A R D EN S RO A D State Transport SQUARE
MALLIK
H o o g h l y Corporation L E N I N S A R A N I C R E E K R O W
Sights at a Glance D R O A D D Shahid Oberoi S U R E N D R A N AT H B A N E R J E E R O A D O S E R O A D
Minar
Grand
New
Historic Buildings, Areas & O A SUDDER STREET G H A L I B S T R E E T
Market
Neighbourhoods N R LINDSAY STREET B
A Fort William )
1 Around BBD Bagh pp274–5 R D GURU NANAK SARANI C
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3 Nilhat House S T D U F F E R I N R D EU R OP E AN A SYLUM LANE A A J
4 College Street M I R Z A (
7 Maidan Prinsep Ghat The Asiatic RAFI AHMED KIDWAI ROAD R
KYD STREET
Park
9 Chowringhee OUTRAM RD Street Society A L I M U D D I N S T R E E T A N D
q Mother House The Park H
w Park Street Cemetery R I P O N S T RE E T C
e Alipore N A P I E R R O A D CHOWRINGHEE RD ROYD ST
t Nirmal Hridaya R U SS E LL S T P A R K S T R I S H
y Tangra Vidyasagar D
Setu
u Marble Palace G A
i Jorasanko T G E O R G E ' S G A T E CASUARINA AVE BRIGADE PARADE Maidan MCLEOD S T A
o Kumartuli R O A D GROUND MIDDLETO N ST J
D R B R A H MACHAR I S TR EET
Museums K H I D I R P U R R O A D Q U E E N ' S W AY HO CHI MINH SARANI R E E T SHORT STREET A R Y A
Birla
8 Victoria Memorial pp278–9 Planetarium H U N G E R F O R D S T R E E T E E T
0 Indian Museum pp280–81 S RACE COURSE S P I T A L S H A K E S P E A R E S A R A N I A C H
Churches, Temples & Mosques C AT H E D R A L R O A D LORD SINHA RD C A M A C S T R A W D O N S T R E E T
St Paul's
2 St John’s Church H O Cathedral PRETORI A STREET AUCKLAND
5 Nakhoda Mosque SQUARE
6 Armenian Church of St Nazareth POLO GROUND A C H A R Y A J A G A D I S H C H A N D R A ( A J C ) B O S E R O A D
r Kalighat
Parks & Gardens
p Botanical Gardens
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p697 and pp710–11
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