Lalbazar is a neighbourhood in Central
Kolkata
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, earlier known as Calcutta, in the
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West Bengal
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. It is part of the
central business district
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adjoining
B.B.D. Bagh
B. B. D. Bagh, formerly called Tank Square and then Dalhousie Square (1847 to 1856), is the shortened version for Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh. It is the seat of power of the state government, as well as the central business district of Kolkata in ...
area. The headquarters of the
Kolkata Police
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is located here (18, Lalbazar Street) and is popularly known by the same name.
History
The road leading from the north-east corner of
B.B.D. Bagh
B. B. D. Bagh, formerly called Tank Square and then Dalhousie Square (1847 to 1856), is the shortened version for Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh. It is the seat of power of the state government, as well as the central business district of Kolkata in ...
to
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 ...
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.
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.
[ Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', 1909/1980, p. 275-276, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]
Punishment in old Kolkata was often done by hanging. There was a gibbet at the crossing of Lalbazar and Chitpore Road (now Rabindra Sarani).
[Sidney Kitson, ''Calcutta Police, from the Crown to Ashok Pillar'',in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, edited by ]Sukanta Chaudhuri
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, p. 243-245, Oxford University Press,
Transport
Road
![Bentinck Street - Lalbazar Crossing - Kolkata 2015-02-07 2126](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Bentinck_Street_-_Lalbazar_Crossing_-_Kolkata_2015-02-07_2126.JPG)
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.
[Google maps]
Train
B.B.D Bag railway station
B.B.D Bag railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in BBD Bagh. It serves the local areas of BBD Bagh and Fairly Place in the Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This is a very important station and is mostly used by office goers. The sta ...
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 is the nearest railway station.
References
External links
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Neighbourhoods in Kolkata
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