Abanindranath Thakur Sarani (renamed from ''Camac Street'') is a street running in the central business district of
Kolkata
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,
India
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, from
Park Street (Allen Park) to
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (
Nizam Palace
Nizam Palace is a tier A heritage building on AJC Bose Road in Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta), the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It was constructed in 1933. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, acquired it as his Ko ...
). The road was named after William Camac, a senior merchant in the days of
Lord Cornwallis and
Lord Wellesley. In the mid-1970s, the Park Street 'razzmatazz' spilled onto Camac Street which is, today, considered to be a
high street
High Street is a common street name for the primary business street of a city, town, or village, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. It implies that it is the focal point for business, especially shopping. It is also a metonym fo ...
of Kolkata with many commercial establishments and high-end shopping destinations, with many shopping malls, boutiques, restaurants and stand-alone stores.
It intersects Middleton Street and
Shakespeare Sarani, two other important roads in the CBD. Several smaller roads like Middleton Row, Short Street, Victoria Terrace and Albert Road merge into Camac Street from the east or west.
Gallery
File:Camac Street 'G K Tower'.jpg, G.K. Tower, an office tower
File:Camac Street 'Fort Knox'.jpg, Fort Knox, jewellery mall
File:Kolkata Industry house Camac street IMG 20181212 075104.jpg, Kolkata Industry House
File:Camac St - Shakespeare Xing.jpg, Camac Street and Shakespeare Sarani crossing
References
Streets in Kolkata
Tourist attractions in Kolkata
Shopping districts and streets in India
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