Strand Road, also referred to as The Strand, is a major thoroughfare in downtown

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. Running along the east bank of the

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, the road connects

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to Prinsep Ghat (in the

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neighbourhood) via the threshold of Howrah Bridge. South of Prinsep Ghat, Strand Road becomes St. Georges Gate Road.

History

Strand Road was completed in 1828,Cotton, H. E. A. (1907). Calcutta, Old and New. W. Newman & Co. undertaken by the Lottery Committee, along what was previously a long sedge bank. According to the historian H.E.A. Cotton, the road ran from Prinsep Ghat to Hatkhola Ghat. The area around Prinsep Ghat had a large portion of riverbank reclaimed and thrown into the roadway. Erected in 1838, Baboo Ghat is a significant monument in

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style on Strand Road. It was commissioned by Baboo Raj Chundrer Das, husband of Rani Rashmoni, founder of Dakshineswar Kali Temple. Immediately west of the Kolkata High Court is Chandpal Ghat, named after Chunder Nath Pal, who owned a shop at the site for the ‘refreshment of pedestrians and boatmen’. The ghat dates from at least 1774 (predating Strand Road itself) and eventually became the point at which the colonial rulers and administrators of India would arrive and leave the city prior to the advent of rail travel. Eden Gardens, the oldest cricket ground in India and largest in Asia,The Largest Cricket Grounds in the World (Updated 2022)
/ref> is located beside Strand Road, opposite to Babughat.

Gallery

File:Babu Ghat - Strand Road - Kolkata 2013-09-07 2197.JPG, Babughat, Strand Road File:Samriddhi Bhavan - Strand Road - Kolkata 2012-09-22 0344.JPG, Samriddhi Bhavan, Strand Road File:New Secretariat Building - 1 Kiran Shankar Roy Road - Strand Road View - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0318.JPG, New Secretariat Building, Strand Road File:Metcalfe Hall - 12 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0335.JPG, Metcalfe Hall, Strand Road File:Jeevan Ganga Building - LIC - 16 Hare Street - Strand Road View - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0343-0346.tif, Jeevan Ganga Building (LIC), Strand Road File:Kolkata Port Trust Building - 15 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0361.JPG, Kolkata Port Trust Building, Strand Road File:Custom House - 15-1 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0371.JPG, Custom House, Strand Road File:Eastern Railway Building - 17 Netaji Subhas Road - Strand Road View - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0419.JPG, Eastern Railway Building, Strand Road File:Diamond Heritage - Commercial Building - 16 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0411.JPG, Diamond Heritage, Strand Road File:Marshall House - 25 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0473.JPG, Mersall House, Strand Road File:Mohta House - 29 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0495.JPG, Mohta House, Strand Road File:Nagreswar Mahadev Mandir - 35 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0514.JPG, Nagreswar Mahadev Mandir, Strand Road File:Raja Katra - 167 Netaji Subash Road - Strand Road View - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0598.JPG, Raja Katra, Strand Road File:Mayo Hospital - 67-1 Strand Road - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0687.JPG, Mayo Hospital, Strand Road

References

{{Streets of Kolkata Roads in Kolkata