Rashbehari Avenue (earlier known as Main Sewer Road or Ballygunge Avenue) is one of the most prestigious and important east–west avenues of

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. A major portion of this road is often commonly referred to as

Gariahat Ballygunge is a locality of South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperors, Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their se ...

, the prime shopping and aristocratic residential neighbourhood of south Kolkata. Rashbehari Avenue falls in the posh residential neighbourhood of

Ballygunge Ballygunge is a locality of South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, 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 thes ...

. The road is named after Sir

Rash Behari Ghosh Sir Rashbehari Ghosh (23 December 184528 February 1921) was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist. Early life Rashbehari Ghosh was born on 23 December 1845 at Torkona village in Khandaghosh area in Purba Bardhaman dis ...

who was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist.

Localities

The Gariahat Market is located on Rashbehari Avenue and

Gariahat Road Gariahat Road connects Ballygunge Phari with Prince Anwar Shah Road and Raja SC Mullick Road near Jadavpur Police station in the southern part of Kolkata, India. The space under Gariahat Flyover hosts one of the most prominent open air public c ...

Crossing (''Gariahat More''). It is best known for its fish offerings. The other three points of the crossing contains a collection of Indian sarees and other items such as readymade garments, electronic gadgets. Besides the regular shops, there are the makeshift shops that crowd the sidewalks. The main shopping area runs down to its intersection with

Sarat Bose Road Sarat Bose Road, previously known as Lansdowne Road, is a 3.5 km long stretch of road that connects Southern Avenue (near Rabindra Sarobar Stadium) with AJC Bose Road (at Minto Park) and separates two major localities of Ballygunge and B ...

(

Deshapriya Park Deshapriyo Park is a playground of South Kolkata, having Rashbehari Avenue on one side and Sarat Bose Road on another side. Different games like Cricket, Football, Tennis etc. are regularly played here by professional and amateur players and loca ...

) but mainly up to Triangular Park. Then it travels further west to meet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road (previously Russa Road) at Rashbehari Crossing (''Rashbehari More'') and heads towards

Chetla Chetla is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Geography Police district Chetla police station is part of the Divisions of Kolkata Police, South division of Kol ...

. From Chetla-Sahanagar Bridge (Shaheed Jatin Das Setu), Rashbehari Avenue becomes Chetla Central Road and moves towards

Alipore Alipore (Pron:ˌɑ:lɪˈpɔ:) is a neighbourhood in south Kolkata, in Kolkata district, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore to the east, the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and New ...

. In the east, it meets the

Eastern Metropolitan Bypass The Eastern Metropolitan Bypass (known simply as both ''E.M. Bypass'' and ''EM Bypass'') is a (Including Kamalgazi to Baruipur extension) major road on the east side of Kolkata. It connects Ultadanga (North Kolkata) to Baruipur Puratan Baza ...

at Gold Park (Ruby Hospital). This extended part of it starts from the eastern flank of Bijon Setu (Rail Overbridge). The extended part (including

Bijon Setu Bijon Setu is a bridge situated above Ballygunge Junction railway station connects EM Bypass through Kasba with Gariahat. History The bridge is named after a Bengali engineer Bijon Basu. 35 year old Basu was an executive engineer of Calcutta ...

above suburban railways at

Ballygunge railway station Ballygunge Junction railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station on the Main line with an approximate distance from the Sealdah railway station. It is under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. ...

) till Ruby doesn't bear its original name, but is commonly called the Rashbehari Avenue Connector. The important traffic intersections from east to west are near Ekdalia (Ballygunge Station stop),

, Hindustan Park (Ballygunge area),

(Sarat Bose Road), Lake Market and Rash Behari (Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road). The important roads that run immediately parallel to it are Southern Avenue to its south and Hazra Road (now renamed) to its north.See Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay, ''Streets in Motion: The Making of Infrastructure, Property, and Political Culture in Twentieth-century Calcutta'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/streets-in-motion/2D42F4BF0D2086A1DBB254A5120ACB42

Landmarks

Lake Mall Under Construction - Kolkata 2012-05-19 3100

* Lake Mall * Gariahat Market * Deshapriya Park * Priya Cinema * Mr. Idli (Triangular Park)

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{{coord missing, West Bengal Streets in Kolkata

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