Hastings is a neighbourhood of Central
Kolkata
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in
Kolkata district
Kolkata district (formerly known as Calcutta district) is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Kolkata.
History
Long before the British came to India, the ''zamindari'' (land lordship) of all lands from Barisha to ...
in the
India
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n
state
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of
West Bengal
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.
History
Hastings is an area in Central Kolkata between the
Maidan
Maidan is an originally Persian word for a town square or public gathering place, adopted by various other languages: Urdu (''maidān''); Arabic (''maydān''); Turkish ; Bangla ময়দান, meaning field, and Crimean Tatar, from which ...
and the
Hooghly River. The area named after
Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first Governor-Genera ...
, who was the first Governor-General of Bengal then the whole of India from 1772 to 1785.
The Hastings area was initially a Muslim burial ground, then became ‘Coolie Bazar’ for workmen who built
Fort William and finally turned into a township for the Ordnance and Commissariat department people.
[Nair, P. Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 18, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.]
This was originally the military area of the city and several landmarks remain including
Fort William, the Lascar War Memorial and the Ordnance Club, as well as the
Race Course
A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing). A race track also may feature grandstands or concourses. Race tracks are also ...
. In 1855, a Church
Hastings Chapel, Kolkata
Hastings Chapel, Kolkata is a historic church situated beside Clyde Road at Hastings in Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. History
Hastings Chapel, a Christian Missionary Church was founded in 1855 by the London Missionary Society
The ...
was built there for the officers of the East India Company.
In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Hastings.
This is also where one of the city’s major thoroughfares feeds onto
Vidyasagar Setu
Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is a toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah.
Opened in 1992, with a total length of , Vidyasagar Setu is the first and longes ...
, the impressive suspension bridge crossing the Hooghly River which was completed in 1992.
Geography
Police district
Hastings police station is part of the
South division South Division may refer to:
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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 Bidhannaga ...
. It is located at 5, Middle Road, Kolkata-700022.
Tollygunge Womens police station has jurisdiction over all the police districts in the South Division, i.e. Park Street, Shakespeare Sarani, Alipore, Hastings, Maidan, Bhowanipore, Kalighat, Tollygunge, Charu Market, New Alipur and Chetla.
Transport
Road
Train
Prinsep Ghat railway station
Prinsep Ghat railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station adjacent to James Prinsep Memorial in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Only a few local trains halt here. The station has two platforms. Its station code is PPGT.
Station complex
...
and
Eden Gardens railway station
Eden Gardens is a railway station in Kolkata under the Kolkata Circular Railway (''Chakra Rail'') system. It belongs to the Eastern Railway zone, Eastern Railway. The station code is EDG. The station gets its name due to its proximity to the fam ...
on
Kolkata Circular Railway
Kolkata Circular Railway, also known as the Kolkata Chakra Rail (), is a long railway loop line operated by the Sealdah division of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways, encircling the city of Kolkata.
Services
The line begins and term ...
line are the nearest railway stations.
References
External links
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Neighbourhoods in Kolkata
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