Netaji Subhas Road (abbreviated as N. S. Road), previously known as Clive Street, is an important thoroughfare in Central

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that runs predominantly north to south in the

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neighborhood of Kolkata.

Name

The road is named after ''Netaji'' Subhas Chandra Bose, a leader of the

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. Previously, the road was known as Clive Road, after Robert Clive, the first British

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of the

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Thoroughfare

It starts near the GPO of Kolkata and crosses

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, in a major market and then another arterial road

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(near the Brabourne Road Flyover) and further up intersects with another arterial road, MG Road, where it ends. Strand Road along Hooghly river runs parallel to Netaji Subhas Road, which lies on its east side.

Landmarks

The road has quiet a few number of buildings, which are remainders of

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era and are fine piece of Victorian style of architecture. There are quite a few important landmarks on this road, such as:- # General Post Office Building, the head post office of Kolkata. # Reserve Bank of India Building, which houses the Eastern Zonal Office of

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. # Western side of Writer's Building, the seat of Government of West Bengal. #

Lal Dighi Lal Dighi, also called the Tank Square or Dalhousie Square () is a man-made water tank in Kolkata, India. Etymology The park was referred to as Lal Bagh or Lall Bagh, due to the name of the surrounding neighbourhood, when it was first establis ...

, the huge square shaped lake-cum-park, which forms the

is on one side of road. # Standard Chartered Building. # Gillander House. # Security House. # Exchange House. # McLeod House. # Grindlays Bank Building - once head office of

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. # Marshall House. # Allahbad Bank Building - Head office of

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. # Jessop House -the ex-head office of

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now used by Government of West Bengal. # Gupta Mansion Market. # Coal Bhawan - Registered office of

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. # Duncan House - a large colonial building, once the seat of British conglomerate Duncan Brothers now registered office of RPG-Duncan Group. # Balmer Lawrie House - Head office of Balmer Lawrie.Balmer Lawrie & Co.Ltd
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, the headquarters of Eastern Railway, a large complex which spreads to Strand Road on other end, originally built by erstwhile

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All most all major banks of India have their main or commercial branch on this road - like -

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, Standard Chartered Bank,

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, Punjab & Sind Bank,

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, State Bank of India,

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, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur,

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. Apart from above, the other important government offices on Netaji Subhas Road are Election Commission, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Office Of The Custodian Of Enemy Property For India, National Jute Manufactures Corporation, West Bengal Agro Industries Corporation, West Bengal State Rural Development Agency, Excise Collectorate, Public Works Department Engineering Division. Writerskolkata1

Apart from that being in the road being in center of Kolkata's business hub most of corporate, insurance companies including

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have either their main or liaison or branch offices in and around Netaji Subhas Road. General Post Office and Reserve Bank of India, Kolkata, India

Markets

Netaji Subhas Road is the main market area for machinery and other equipments like pumps, motors, diesel engines, pipes, bearings, agricultural equipments, hardware & paints. Also further, down along the Netaji Subhas Road between Brabroune Road and MG Road lies the main scrap market or metal market of Kolkata. The road ends at MG Road in the

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area. The

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is located at Lyons Range, hardly few meters away off the Netaji Subhas Road just behind Writer's Building.

Transportation

All buses that ply though

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, stop near General Post Office Building located along Netaji Subhas Road. The

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 ...

tram and bus terminus of

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is also located on one side of Netaji Subhas Road just opposite to Writer's Building.

Operation

The road is one-way directional throughout the day. During first half of the day up coming traffic is allowed to come and during evening hours as the shops and offices close, the down traffic is allowed. However, some part of it is maintained as totally one-way and some as two-directional throughout the day. Traffic resurrections are lifted after 9:00 pm till 6:00 am every day.

Traffic

As there is Writer's Building alongside it, there are always a number of policeman and traffic police to control and ease the traffic at any part of day. Therefore, even during peak hours the traffic flows with ease at Netaji Subhas Road. Public transport and private vehicles are not allowed to stop on this road for long for security reasons.

References

External links

Netaji Subhas Road on Wikimap
{{Streets of Kolkata Roads in Kolkata Central business districts in India Memorials to Subhas Chandra Bose