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Amherst Street is a north–south street in Central

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

in the Indian state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. The street was named after

William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, GCH, PC (14 January 177313 March 1857) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828. Background and education Born at Bath, Somerset, Amhers ...

. It has been renamed as Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani after

Raja Rammohan Roy Raja Ram Mohan Roy ( bn, রামমোহন রায়; 22 May 1772 – 27 September 1833) was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform ...

, one of the most famous social-reformers of India. The road starts from

Vivekananda Road Vivekananda Road is a major east–west thoroughfare in the Indian city of Kolkata and connects Maniktala with Jorasanko. West of Maniktala Police Station, Maniktala Main Road becomes Vivekananda Road. It becomes Kali Krishna Tagore Street a ...

crossing (Chaltabagan,

Maniktala Maniktala is a residential area of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. Etymology The tomb of Manik Pir is located in lane near Maniktala crossing. Some people say, the neighbourhood is named after Manik Pir. Others say, M ...

) and extends up to Bepin Behari Ganguly Street crossing (Lebutala,

Bowbazar Bowbazar ( bn, বৌবাজার, also spelt ''Boubazar''; formerly known as Bahubazar) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History On Lt. Col. Mark Wood's map of 1784, the portion o ...

) via MG Road crossing and Surya Sen Street crossing. On the extreme north lies Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum and on the extreme south lies the Bank of India (Bowbazar).

Geography

Police district

Amherst Street police station is part of the North and North Suburban division of

Kolkata Police The Kolkata Police Force (KPF) is one of the two presidency police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata Police has the task of policing the metropolitan area (apart from Bidhannagar and New Town, which are served by the Bidhannag ...

. It is located at 57, Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata-700009. Amherst Street Women police station, located at the same address as above covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.

Places of interest

Colleges

* St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College (estd. 1864) *

City College, Kolkata City College is a composite fully state government-aided public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Established in 1881, it is one of the heritage institutions of Kolkata, and played a prominent role in the wake of the Bengal ...

(estd. 1881),

Anandamohan College Ananda Mohan College is an undergraduate evening college in north Kolkata. It started in 1961 as the evening branch of City College while Rammohan College started functioning as the morning branch. City College was founded by patriotic Brah ...

(estd. 1961),

Rammohan College Rammohan College is an undergraduate and postgraduate college for women in Kolkata, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It shares premises with City College, Kolkata (morning college) and Anandamohan College (evening colleg ...

(estd. 1961)

School

* St.Paul's School (estd. 1822) https://goo.gl/maps/pTiWAyxsm7N6jvvz7

Landmarks

The popular and famous landmarks are Union Bank of India (Maniktala), Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum, Lawrence Day School, Bose's Clinical Laboratory, Shree Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital (Popularly known as Marwari Hospital), Holy Trinity Church (Kolkata), Amherst Street Post Office (Now Raja Rammohan Sarani Post Office), Shraddhananda Park, Lady Dufferin Hospital and Union Bank of India (Bowbazar). St.Paul's School ( 33/1, Amherst Street),head office of British Institute, 35 Raja Rammohon roy sarani

Festivals

Some of the notable festivals that take place in and around the street include Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja,

Somendra Nath Mitra Somendra Nath Mitra (31 December 1941 – 30 July 2020), popularly known as Somen Mitra, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, elected from the Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal state in 2009 as a Trinamool ...

's Kali Puja (Amherst Street Sarbojonin) and Jhamapukur Sarbojonin (Subal Chandra Lane) Tamoghna Ghosh's Kali Puja and Fatakesto's Kali Puja.

In popular culture

Born Into Brothels ''Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids'' is a 2004 Indian-American documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district. The widely acclaimed film, written and directed by Zana Briski and Ross ...

'', a 2004 documentary film directed by

Zana Briski Zana Briski (born 25 October 1966) is a British people, British photographer and filmmaker, best known for ''Born into Brothels'', the 2004 Academy Awards, Oscar winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, which she directed. She f ...

mentions this street in the movie.

Gallery

File:Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum 20190115 073552 01.jpg, Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum File:Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital - 118 Amherst Street - Kolkata 2014-01-01 1808-1810.JPG, Shree Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital File:Holy Trinity Church - 33-B Amherst Street - Kolkata 2014-01-01 1815.JPG, Holy Trinity Church (Kolkata)

References

External links

Streets in Kolkata {{India-road-stub