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1. Historical Places to visit in Kolkata “THE CITY OF JOY”
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2. ThecapitalcityofWestBengal,Kolkataislocatedintheeasternpart
ofIndiaandisoneofthemostfamouscitiesinIndia.Owingtoits
strategiclocation,thecityhaswitnessedseveralsignificantpolitical
aswellassocialupsurgesinthepastandthiswhyitshistoryholdsa
significantplaceinthechronologicaldescriptionoftheentire
scenariooftheIndiansubcontinentandrestoftheworld.Kolkatais
hometomanyhistoricbuildingsandstructuresthathavebeen
declaredas"heritagestructures".Manystructuresadorntheclassic
Indo-IslamicandIndo-Saracenicarchitecturalmotifs.However,the
citystillmasterfullymaintainsitsstatusofbeingtheculturalcapital
ofIndia,withnumerousmementoesofthecity'sColonialpast
scatteredacrossthelengthandbreadthofthecity.
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3. Name of Some Historical Places To Visit In
Kolkata
ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL CHARCH
VICTORIA MEMORIAL
INDIAN MUSIUM
HOWRAH BRIDGE
SCIENCE CITY
M.P. BIRLA PLANETERIUM
WRITERS BUILDING
NAKODA MASZID
THEMISSIONARIES OF CHARITY
SAHID MINAR
BELUR MATH
FORT WILLIUM
THE ALIPURE MUSIUM
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4. St. Paul's Cathedral
St.Paul'sCathedralisaChurchofNorthIndiacathedralofAnglicanbackgroundinKolkata,WestBengal,India,
notedforitsGothicarchitectureanddedicatedtoPaultheApostle.ItistheseatoftheDioceseofCalcutta.The
cornerstonewaslaidin1839;thebuildingwascompletedin1847.ItissaidtobethelargestchurchinKolkata
andthefirstAnglicancathedralinAsia.Itwasalsothefirstnew-builtcathedralintheoverseasterritoryofthe
BritishEmpire.TheedificestandsonCathedralRoadonthe"islandofattractions"toprovideformorespacefor
thegrowingpopulationoftheEuropeancommunityinCalcuttainthe1800s.Thearchitecturaldesignofthe
cathedralis"Indo-Gothic",aGothicarchitecturalstyledesignedtomeettheclimateofIndia.Location:Cathedral
Rd,Maidan,Kolkata,Timings:9amto12pm,3pmto6pm,EntryFee:Rs20.
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5. Victoria Memorial
TheVictoriaMemorialisalargemarblebuildingontheMaidaninCentralKolkata,
builtbetween1906and1921.Ittookonly5years(1916-1921).Itisdedicatedtothememory
ofQueenVictoria,EmpressofIndiafrom1876to1901.Thelargestmonumenttoa
monarchanywhereintheworld,itstandsin64acresofgardensandisnowamuseum
underthecontroloftheMinistryofCulture.Location:VictoriaMemorialHall,1,
Queen’sWay,Kolkata,Timings:10amto5pm,EntryFee:INR20forIndians
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6. Indian Museum
TheIndianMuseuminCentralKolkata,WestBengal,India,alsoreferredtoastheImperialMuseumatCalcutta
incolonial-eratexts,isthenintholdestmuseumintheworld,theoldestandlargestmuseuminIndia.Ithasrare
collectionsofantiques,armourandornaments,fossils,skeletons,mummiesandMughalpaintings.Itwas
foundedbytheAsiaticSocietyofBengalinKolkata,India,in1814.ThefoundercuratorwasNathanielWallich,a
Danishbotanist.Ithassixsectionscomprisingthirtyfivegalleriesofculturalandscientificartifactsnamely
Indianart,archaeology,anthropology,geology,zoologyandeconomicbotany.Manyrareanduniquespecimens,
bothIndianandtrans-Indian,relatingtohumanitiesandnaturalsciences,arepreservedanddisplayedinthe
galleriesofthesesections.Location:JawaharlalNehruRd,Kolkata,Timings:10amto5pm,EntryFee:INR20
forIndians
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7. Howrah Bridge
TheHowrahBridgeisabalancedcantileverbridgeovertheHooghlyRiverinWestBengal,India.
Commissionedin1943,thebridgewasoriginallynamedtheNewHowrahBridge,becauseitreplaceda
pontoonbridgeatthesamelocationlinkingthecitiesofHowrahandKolkata.On14June1965,itwas
renamedRabindraSetuafterthegreatBengalipoetRabindranathTagore,whowasthefirstIndianand
AsianNobellaureate.Itcarriesadailytrafficofapproximately100,000vehiclesandpossiblymorethan
150,000pedestrians,easilymakingitthebusiestcantileverbridgeintheworld.Location:Jagganath
Ghat,1,StrandRoad,Kolkata,EntryFee:Freeentry
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8. Science City
Science City Kolkata is the largest science centre in Asia. It is managed by National Council of Science
Museums, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It is located at the crossing of Eastern
Metropolitan Bypass and J. B. S. Haldane Avenue in East Topsia. Saroj Ghose, the first director general of
NCSM, is credited with having conceptualised this centre in 1997. This centre was inaugurated by two
parts: the ‘Convention Centre Complex’ was unveiled on 21 December 1996 by Paul Jozef Crutzen in
presence of the then chief minister Jyoti Basu and the whole centre was opened by the then prime
minister Inder Kumar Gujral on 1 July 1997.
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9. M.P. Birla Planetarium
TheBirlaPlanetariuminKolkata,WestBengal,India,isasingle-storeyedcircularstructuredesignedinthetypical
Indianstyle,whosearchitectureislooselystyledontheBuddhistStupaatSanchi.SituatedatChowringheeRoad
inCentralKolkata,itisthelargestplanetariuminAsiaandthesecondlargestplanetariumintheworld.Popularly
knownastaramandal,theplanetariumwasinauguratedon2July1963bythethenPrimeMinisterofIndia.Ithas
anelectronicslaboratoryfordesignandfabricationofscienceequipment.Ithasanastronomygallerythat
maintainsahugecollectionoffinepaintingsandcelestialmodelsofrenownedastronomers.Location:Cathedral
Road,nearVictoriaMemorial,Kolkata,Timings:11amto7pm,EntryFee:INR120perperson
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10. Writers Building
TheWriters'Buildings,oftenshortenedtojustWriters',istheofficialsecretariatbuildingofthestategovernment
ofWestBengalinKolkata,India.The150-meterlongbuildingcoverstheentirenorthernstretchoftheiconicLal
DighipondatthecentreofhistoricB.B.D.Bagh,Thebuildinghasbeencalledamini-townshipofsortswithabuilt-
upareaofaround550,000squarefeet.Itoriginallyservedastheprincipaladministrativeofficeforwritersofthe
BritishEastIndiaCompany.DesignedbyThomasLyonin1777,theWriters'Buildinghasgonethroughalongseries
ofextensionsoverthecenturies.SinceIndia'sindependencein1947,ithousedtheofficeoftheChiefMinisterof
WestBengal,cabinetministersandotherseniorofficials,until4October2013,Location:BinoyBadalDineshBag
N,B.B.D.Bagh,Kolkata,Timings:8amto6pm,EntryFee:FreeEntry
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11. NakhodaMasjid
TheNakhodaMusjidthelargestMuslimMosqueinWestBengalandeasternIndiahaalonghistory.
Before1854thereusedtobetwodifferentmosquesatthepresentsite.HajiZakariahwhowas(Kutchi)
CutchiMemonmerchantandbusinesstycooninthosedayswasaregularmusallee(devotee).The
CutchiMemonareaMuslimcommunitywhocametoCalcuttaround1823onwards.HajiZakariawas
theleaderofotherSunniMuslimcommunitywhoinhabitedthesurroundingareasofthepresent
musjid.ThemosquewasnamedNakhodameaningMariner.Reconstructionworkstartedin1926and
wascompletedin1935.Thetotalcostincurredfortheconstructionwas1,500,000Indianrupeesin1926
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12. The Mother House Of The Missionaries Of Charity
TheMissionariesofCharityisaCatholicreligiouscongregationestablishedin1950byMotherTeresa,now
knownintheCatholicChurchasSaintTeresaofCalcutta.Asof2020,itconsistedof5,167religioussisters.
Missionariescareforthosewhoincluderefugees,formerprostitutes,thementallyill,sickchildren,abandoned
children,lepers,peoplewithAIDS,theaged,andconvalescent.Theyhaveschoolsthatarerunbyvolunteersto
teachabandonedstreetchildrenandrunsoupkitchensaswellasotherservicesaccordingtothecommunity
needs.Theseservicesareprovided,withoutcharge,topeopleregardlessoftheirreligionorsocialstatus.
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13. ShaheedMinar
TheShaheedMinar,formerlyknownastheOchterlonyMonument,isamonumentinKolkatathatwas
erectedin1828inmemoryofMajor-generalSirDavidOchterlony,commanderoftheBritishEastIndia
Company,tocommemoratebothhissuccessfuldefenseofDelhiagainsttheMarathasin1804andthe
victoryoftheEastIndiaCompany’sarmedforcesovertheGurkhasintheAnglo-NepaleseWar,also
knownastheGurkhaWar.ItwasdesignedbyJ.P.Parkerandpaidforfrompublicfunds.On9August
1969,itwasrededicatedtothememoryofthemartyrsoftheIndianfreedommovementandrenamedthe
"ShaheedMinar,"Location:Dharmtallabusstop,DufferinRoad,Kolkata,Timings:10amto5pm.
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14. BelurMath
Belur Math is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, founded by
Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. It is located on the west bank of
Hooghly River, Belur, West Bengal, India. The temple is the heart of the Ramakrishna movement. It is
notable for its architecture that fuses Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist, and Christian art and motifs as a
symbol of unity of all religions. Location:Belur, Howrah, West Bengal, Timings:6 am to 11:30 am, and
4 pm to 7 pm, Entry Fee:Free Entry
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15. Fort William
ThemightyedificeofFortWilliamisoneofthefamoushistoricalsitesinKolkata.Builtintheyear
1696,thefortgetsitsnamefromKingWilliamIIIandisspreadover70.9acres.Meticulousstonework
adornsthesurfaceofthebuilding,andittookaslongastenyearstocompleteit.Today,FortWilliamis
thepropertyoftheIndianArmy,andhasacapacityofaccommodatingupto10,000armypersonnel.
Location:FortWilliam,Hastings,Kolkata,Timings:10amto5:30pm,EntryFee:FreeEntry
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16. The AliporeMuseum
AliporeCentralCorrectionalHomeisanationalhistoriclandmarklocatedintheheartofKolkata.This116year
oldbuilding,alongwiththePresidencyJail,isontheGradeIlistofheritagesitesofKolkata.Constructedin1906,
andspreadover15.2acres,thiscolonialerainstitutionabutsTolly'sNullahandcanbeidentifiedeasilywithits
characteristicbrick-redwalls.TheAliporeJailorAliporeCentralJail,isaprisoninAlipore,Kolkata,wherepolitical
prisonerswerekeptunderBritishrule,amongthemSubhasChandraBose.ItalsohousedtheAliporeJail
Press.ThejailsiteisbeingdevelopedasanIndependencemuseuminthenameofthemartyrswhowere
imprisonedandexecutedthere.Alightandsoundshowdepictingthelivesandstruggleofvarioususfreedom
fightershasbeenplannedinthegroundadjacenttothehospitalbuilding.Location:17JudgesCourtRoad,
Alipore,Kolkata,Timings:TuesdaytoSunday:12.00Noonto6.00PM,6.00PMto6.30PM(forlight&sound
show)EntryFee:Rs30,Rs100(forlight&soundshow)
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