Calcutta High CourtCalcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It is located at Justice Radhabinod Pal Sarani, formerly Esplanade Row West, Kolkata (also scribed as Calcutta), West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Gothic Revival building was completed in 1872, and designed by Walter Long Bozzi Granville. Currently, the court has a sanctioned judge strength of 72.
Surendranath CollegeSurendranath College is an undergraduate college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 1882 by the nationalist leader and scholar Surendranath Banerjee. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate level courses in various arts , commerce and science subjects. HistoryThis college owed its origin to the Presidency School. In 1882, Surendranath Banerjee took over the charge of the presidency school.
KolkataCapital of West Bengal, IndiaMegacity in West Bengal, IndiaKolkata, also known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern India and one of the gateways to northeastern India.
Bengali languageBengali, also known by its endonym Bangla, is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Bengali people, native to the Bengal region (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal) as well as in Barak Valley in Assam and Tripura in South Asia.
B. B. D. BaghBinoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, shortened as B. B. D. Bagh, formerly called Tank Square and then Dalhousie Square (1847 to 1856), is the administrative, financial and commercial region and one of the central business districts of Kolkata (Calcutta), capital of the Indianstate of West Bengal. It is the seat of Government of West Bengal and houses all three branches of it.
Sheriff of KolkataThe Sheriff of Kolkata (formerly known as the Sheriff of Calcutta) is an apolitical titular position of authority bestowed for one year on a prominent citizen of Kolkata (Calcutta). The Sheriff has an office and staff in Calcutta High Court but does not have executive powers. Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta) are the only cities in India to maintain the post of the Sheriff. Presently the office of the sheriff is situated in the Calcutta High Court building.
Sahitya Akademi AwardSahitya Akademi AwardsSahitya Akademi Award winners by languageAssameseBengaliBodoDogriEnglishGujaratiHindiKannadaKashmiriKonkaniMaithiliMalayalamMarathiMeitei (Manipuri)NepaliOdiaPunjabiRajasthaniSanskritSantaliSindhiTamilTeluguUrduSahitya Akademi Translation PrizesAssameseBengaliBodoDogriEnglishGujaratiHindiKannadaKashmiriKonkaniMaithiliMalayalamMarathiMeitei (Manipuri)NepaliOdiaPunjabiRajasthaniSanskritSantaliSindhiTamilTeluguUrduSahitya Akademi Yuva PuraskarAssameseBengaliBodoDogriEnglishGujaratiHindiKannadaKashmiriKonkaniMaithiliMalayalamMeitei (Manipuri)MarathiNepaliOdiaPunjabiRajasthaniSanskritSantaliSindhiTamilTeluguUrduSahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya PuraskarAssameseBengaliBodoDogriEnglishGujaratiHindiKannadaKashmiriKonkaniMaithiliMalayalamMeitei (Manipuri)MarathiNepaliOdiaPunjabiRajasthaniSanskritSantaliSindhiTamilTeluguUrduRelated Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of IndiaOfficial Languages CommissionList of languages by number of native speakers in IndiaThe Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 24 languages of the 8th Schedule to the Indian constitution as well as in English and Rajasthani language.
West BengalState in eastern IndiaState in East India, IndiaWest Bengal is a state in the eastern part of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal. In 2011, its population was around 91 million in an area of 88,752 km (34,267 sq mi), while the population estimate as of 2026 is 100.6 million. West Bengal is the fourth-most populous and thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of th…HowrahKato Ajanare (novel)Kato Ajanare ("All the unknown") is a Bengali novel written by Mani Shankar Mukherjee. This was Shankar's first novel which mainly deals with author's memories of Mr. Barwell, a renowned Barrister of the Calcutta High Court.
Kato Ajanare (film)Kato Ajanare (1959) is an unfinished Bengalidrama film directed by Ritwik Ghatak. The storyline was based on a Bengali novel written by Mani Shankar Mukherjee with the same title. The film was shot on a 20-day schedule. The shooting was complete, except the court scene. The film was discontinued and abandoned for mainly financial and some other problems.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.