Lalbazar

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Lalbazar
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Kolkata Lalbazar.jpg
Country Flag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
District Kolkata
Metro Station Central and Mahakaran (under construction)
Municipal Corporation Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC wards 45, 46
Elevation
36 ft (11 m)
Population
  TotalFor population see linked KMC ward pages
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700001
Area code +91 33
Lok Sabha constituency Kolkata Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency Chowranghee

Lalbazar is a neighbourhood in Central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of the central business district adjoining B.B.D. Bagh area. The headquarters of the Kolkata Police is located here (18, Lalbazar Street) and is popularly known by the same name.

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History

The road leading from the north-east corner of B.B.D. Bagh to Bowbazar was earlier known as ‘Avenue to the eastward’. It was also known as the Great Bungalo Road. In 1768, it was said to be the best street in Kolkata. [1] The modern police office was the residence of John Palmer, one of the merchant princes of Kolkata. Earlier to that it was said to be ‘an old ruin of a house, formerly the residence of some native.’ The house next to it was the Harmonic Tavern, the handsomest house in its day and pulled down long back. [1]

Punishment in old Kolkata was often done by hanging. There was a gibbet at the crossing of Lalbazar and Chitpore Road (now Rabindra Sarani). [2]

Transport

Road

Bentinck Street and Lalbazar Street Junction Bentinck Street - Lalbazar Crossing - Kolkata 2015-02-07 2126.JPG
Bentinck Street and Lalbazar Street Junction

Lalbazar is surrounded by Old Court House Street on the west, Bentinck Street/Rabindra Sarani on the east, India Exchange Place Road on the north and R.N. Mukherjee Road on the south. Lalbazar Street (westward extension of Bepin Behari Ganguly Street) passes through the middle of the area from east to west. Many buses ply along these roads. [3]

Train

B.B.D Bag railway station on Kolkata Circular Railway line is the nearest railway station.

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References

  1. 1 2 Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, 1909/1980, p. 275-276, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
  2. Sidney Kitson, Calcutta Police, from the Crown to Ashok Pillar,in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 243-245, Oxford University Press, ISBN   978-0-19-563696-3
  3. Google maps

Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Kolkata/Esplanade travel guide from Wikivoyage

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