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Calcuta-the most beautiful tourist place on earth
History of Calcutta
Although the name Kalikata had been mentioned in the rent-roll of
the Great Mughal emperor Akbar and also in Manasa-Mangal, to explore the
history of Calcutta, we have to go back to the 17 th. century. It was in
1690....Job Charnock came to the bank of the river Hooghly (it s the
part of the Ganges) and took the lease of the three villages- Sutanuti,
Govindapur and Kolikata(Calcutta) as a trading post of British East
India Company. The city became famous in 1756, when Siraj-Ud-Dawlah, the
last independent nawab of Bengal, captured the city . But the British
regained their power in 1757 and the city was recaptured under Robert
Clive. Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of India, made it the
seat of the supreme courts of justice and the supreme revenue
administration, and Calcutta became the capital of British India in
1772. By 1800 Calcutta had become a busy and flourishing town, the
center of the cultural as well as the political and economic life of
Bengal.
Calcutta - Landmarks, memorials and places of interest you can
visit
HYPERLINK "../Gif2/sahid.jpg" Shahid Minar : Previously known as
Ochterlony Monument, located in the heart of Esplanade. The panoramic
view of the city from the top of the monument is really captivating.
With 218 steps, this 52 meters high monument consists of a combination
of Egyptian base, Syrian column and Turkish copula.
Birla Planetarium : Located at the top end of Chowringhee, the only
planetarium in the country, whose dome houses a collection of projectors
and optical equipments expensively imported from East Germany. It is the
largest planetarium in South-East Asia and the 2nd. largest planetarium
in the world.
HYPERLINK "victoria.html" Victoria Memorial
Rabindra Sadan
Nandan
Academy of Fine Arts
HYPERLINK
"http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~mduttara/wb/pics/jorasako.jpg"
Jorasa(n)ko Tagore House (Thakurbari) : The world famous poet
Rabindranath Tagore was born and died in this house. Located at the
junction of the Chitpur Road and the Vivekananda Road, it is the
headquarter of Rabindrabharati University, a famous center for the study
of the Indian Arts. There is a museum too in memory of the great Tagore
family.
HYPERLINK "marbel.html" Marble Palace
HYPERLINK "http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~mduttara/wb/pics/nalib.jpg"
National Library : India s the largest library; contains huge
collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Fort William: citadel of Calcutta . With the permission of the Nawab of
Bengal, this fort was built between 1696 and 1702 by the British East
India Company and named after King William III of England. In 1756 the
fort was taken by the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-dullah. In 1757 East
India Company regained their power and demolished this fort and they
started reconstruction of the fort. The new fort was completed in 1773
and it is still there.
Rajbhavan
Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
Netaji Bhawan: where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose lived and worked. His
personal belongings are on exhibition here.
Aurobindo Bhawan
Birla Academy of Arts and Culture
Kala Mandir
Mahajati Sadan
Gorky Sadan
Rabindra Sarovar
Sisir Mancha
Calcutta - Parks and stadia
HYPERLINK "eden.html" Eden Garden
Botanical Garden : The garden was founded in 1787 by the East India
Company and formerly known as Royal Botanic Garden. It is famous for its
huge collection of bamboos, orchids, palms and the plants of screw pine
genus. The area of the garden is more than 270 acres and more than 1700
plant species can be found. The Central National Harbarium of the
Botanical Survey of India is here and has 2500000 dried plants in its
collection.
Zoological Garden : laid in 1876, extending over an area of 16 hectares,
it has considerably large collection of animals. White tiger, tigon ( a
hybrid between tiger and lion), the reptiles (huge collection), the
Royal Bengal tigers are the special exhibits. During winter, the
migratory birds from all over the world are the special attractions.
Rabindra Sarovar Stadium
Ranji Stadium
Race Course
Victoria Memorial Garden
Golf Course
Polo Grounds
Bidhan Children s Park : a great place for kids.
Calcutta - Museums
HYPERLINK "indmus.html" Indian Museum : the oldest museum in India and
one of the most comprehensive museums in Asia; the archaeology and
numismatic sections contain the most valueable collections.
Art Industry Museum
Nehru Children s Museum :It s a great entertaining place for the
children, named after the first prime minister of India,Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru. It s located at Jawaharlal Nehru Road (formerly
Chowringhee Road). The stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata have
been depicted nicely with the help of the animated dolls. Some science
models are also on exhiibition; must see for the kids.
Ashutosh Museum : maintained by the University of Calcutta; housed lot
of exhibits on the folk art of Bengal.
Victoria Memorial Museum
Birla Industrial and Technological Museum
Floating Museum: world s first floating museum , located at the
"Man-o-War" jetty.
Rabindra Bharati Museum
Calcutta - Places of Worship and Meditation
HYPERLINK "../Gif2/belur.jpg" Belur Math : headquarter of Ramakrishna
Mission Ashram, founded by HYPERLINK
"http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~achatt1/Bio/rama.html" Swami Vivekananda
HYPERLINK "http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~mduttara/wb/pics/dakshin.jpg"
Dakshineshwar Kali temple
HYPERLINK "kalighat.html" Kali Temple, Kalighat
HYPERLINK "http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~mduttara/wb/pics/nakhoda.jpg"
Nakhoda Mosque : the largest mosque in Calcutta which can accomodate
10000 worshippers at a time; built in Indo-Saracenic architecture style.
HYPERLINK "../Gif2/stpaul.jpg" St. Paul s Cathedral Church : the most
important church of the city; located in between Birla planetarium and
Rabindra Sadan.It was constructed by Bishop Willson in 1847 . It is the
first Episcopal Church of the East. The Indo-Gothic style architecture
of this church is really impressive.
HYPERLINK
"http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~mduttara/wb/pics/parsnath.jpg" Parshnath
Jain Temple
Parsi Temple
Mother Teresa Mission of Charity
Jewish Synagogue
International Society of Krishna Consciousness
Mahabodhi Temple
Japanese Buddhist Temple
Bara Sikh Sangat Sikh Gurudwara
Tipu Sultan s Mosque
St. John s Church : a beautiful old stone church laid in 1784.
St. Andrew s Church
St. Thomas Church
Baikunthanath Temple
Accomodation – Calcutta Hotels
Luxary
Taj Bengal, 348 Belvedere Road, Cal-27 (Tel:2483939, Fax: 248 1766)
Hotel Oberoi Grand, 15 J. N. Road, Cal-13(Tel: 2492323, Fax: 2911217)
Best Western Kenilworth, 1 & 2 Little Russel Street, Calcutta- 71 (Tel:
4483949, Fax: 225136) Airport Ashok, Calcutta Airport, Cal-52 (Tel:
5529111, Fax: 5529137) Great Eastern Hotel, 1-3, Old Court House Street
Hindusthan International, 235/1, Acharya J. C. Bose Road Ritz
Continental, 12 J.N. Road, Cal-13 Ramakrishna Mission Institute of
Culture, Golpark YMCA, 25, J. N. Road, Cal-13 Minerva Hotel, 11 Ganesh
Chandra Avenue Park Hotel,17 Park Street
Moderate
Air Continental Lodge, 2 Airport Gate, Dumdum Asia Hotel, 11 A & B Jamir
Lane, P-1A, Rash Behari Avenue Santiniketan Hotel, 16B Mahatma Gandhi
Road Capital Guest House, 11B Chowringhee Road Park Guest House (P)
Ltd.20/C Gariahat Road(South), Dhakuria Saket, 23 Mukhram Kanoria Road
Saptarshi, 23 Gariahat Road, Goal Park Sunview Guest House, 20/1/1A,
Ballygunge Station Road
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