Gobinda Chandra Khatick Road (formerly Hughes Road) is a famous thoroughfare in the city of

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 ...

(formerly Calcutta), India. The road runs past Grace Ling Liang Church, Tangra Police Station, and largely through the China Town areas of Tangra in

East Kolkata East Kolkata refers to the eastern areas of the city of Kolkata, India. It includes the localities of Metropolitan Township, Dhapa, Tangra, Bantala, Topsia, Tiljala, VIP Nagar, Anandapur, Kalikapur, Mukundapur, Ajoy Nagar, Panchasayar and cer ...

and crosses

Pulin Khatik Road Pulin Khatik Road is a famous thoroughfare in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. It is 650 metre in length from Radhanath Chowdhuri Road (Pottery Road) to Chingrihata Lane (New Tangra Road) in the Tangra area. The road crosses Gobi ...

and Christopher Road at separate intersections. Gobinda Chandra Khatik road is 2.1 kilometers in length from the Tangra Slaughterhouse to the

Topsia Topsia is a neighbourhood of East Kolkata, in West Bengal, India. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these five lay across ...

Junction. It demarcated the Eastern Fringes of the city at a time when Chinese operated Tanneries and Leatherworks dominated the area. Nowadays, China Town is a haven of Indo Chinese Fusion food and has crafted a legacy in its own right. Initially called Hughes Road until 1985, the name was renamed to recognise the contribution of Late Gobinda Khatik. Recent Urbanization and rapid growth has rapidly changed the landscape of Tangra and traffic snarls on the once empty road are common. The road is long and narrow and caters to Bi-Directional traffic. Dhangars, a community of Untouchable sanitary workers established their colony along this road. The road falls under Ward no. 56, 59, and 66 of the KMC.

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Image:John Burdon Sanderson Haldane Avenue & Gobinda Chandra Khatik Road Crossing - Kolkata 2012-12-06 2127.JPG, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane Avenue (JBS Haldane Avenue) & Gobinda Chandra Khatik Road Crossing,

Image:Topsia Crossing 863.jpg, The

crossing or JBS Haldane avenue and Gobinda Chandra Khatik Road crossing of Kolkata. This photograph was taken from the Vishwakarma Building. Image:Topsia Crossing 866.jpg, The

crossing or J B S Haldane avenue and Gobinda Chandra Khatik Road crossing of Kolkata, where the Science City is seen in the background. This photograph was taken from the Vishwakarma Building. Image:Topsia 861.jpg, The small leather factories of the

crossing or JBS Haldane avenue and Gobinda Chandra Khatik Road crossing of Kolkata. This photograph was taken from the Vishwakarma Building.

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