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Mirza Ghalib Street, previously known as Free School Street, is a street that joins Surendranath Banerjee Road (
Janbazar
Janbazar is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The two century-old house of Rani Rashmoni, the central attraction in Janbazar, is still used by descendants in the family.
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) with Park Street (Park Mansion) 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 ...
. North of S. N. Banerjee Road crossing, Free School Street becomes Hospital Street.Google maps
Intersections
Lindsay Street
Lindsay may refer to:
People
*Clan Lindsay, a Scottish family clan
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and Sudder Street are some of the important streets that cross Free School Street.
Attractions
The Free School Street- Sudder Street area is famous for cheap hotels and eateries. Many foreign visitors reside in these cheap hotels. The used book and record shops sport an eclectic collection due to trade with generations of budget travellers the world over. The street also has the houseWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
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was born in, the West Bengal Fire Services headquarters, Kalman's (a shop of Hungarian origin), Leather Club (a shop for leather goods) etc.
Free School Street dining can be eclectic, with Shamiana - offering cheap Mughlai cuisine, Prince and Princess cheap Bengali cuisine and Mocambo upscale continental dining, to name a few.
See also
* Park Street *Camac Street
Abanindranath Thakur Sarani (renamed from ''Camac Street'') is a street running in the central business district of Kolkata, India, from Park Street (Allen Park) to Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (Nizam Palace). The road was named after ...
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