B.B.D. Bagh, formerly called Dalhousie Square, is one of the central business district area of Kolkata, India. The central business district of Melbourne, Australia. ... Kolkata (Bangla: কলকাতা, Hindi: कोलकाता, alternate English Calcutta), is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and was capital of British India until 1912. ...

Origin of name

B.B.D. stands for three young Indian freedom fighters - Benoy, Badal and Dinesh, who on 8 December 1930 shot dead the Inspector General of Prison, NS Simpson in the balconies of Writers' building of the then Dalhosie square. The Indian Independence Movement was a series of revolutions empowered by the people of India put forth to battle the British Empire for complete political independence, beginning with the Rebellion of 1857, reaching its climax with Mahatma Gandhis Quit India Movement (1942-1945), and Subhash Chandra Boses Indian... Benoy Krishna Basu or Benoy Basu or Benoy Bose (1908-1930) was an Bengali Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter. ... Badal Gupta, a Bengali revolutionary in British India Badal Gupta (1912-1930) was a Bengali Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. ... Dinesh Gupta (1911-1931) Dinesh Chandra Gupta or Dinesh Gupta (1911-1931) was a Bengali Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary. ... Writers Building is the secretariat of West Bengal. ...

The original name of Dalhousie square was named after James, Marquise of Dalhousie, Governor General of India from 1847 to 1856. The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. ...

Geography

The B.B.D. Bagh area is located near the Hooghly river in the western parts of the central Kolkata and is a square built around the old Lal Dighi tank. The Hooghly River (alternatively spelled Hoogli or Hugli) is a distributary of the Ganges River in India. ... Kolkata (Bangla: কলকাতা, Hindi: कोलकाता, alternate English Calcutta), is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and was capital of British India until 1912. ...

Significance

B. B. D. Bagh continues to be like the 'heart' of Kolkata and many famous buildings housing important businesses and banks are located here.The Writer's Building-secratariat of West Bengal government ,Royal Exchange (a one-time residence of Robert Clive and now the office of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry), General Post Office (G.P.O.) of Kolkata,Telephone Bhawan,St. John's Church are all situated around the square. The place is locally known as the Office Para - meaning the locality of offices.A large part of the daily commuters to Kolkata from the neighbourhood area comes here for livelyhood. A commercial bank is a type of financial intermediary and a type of bank. ... Writers Building is the secretariat of West Bengal. ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Poshchim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (September 29, 1725 - November 22, 1774) was the statesman and general who established the empire of British India. ... The word Para- in English, is an affix of ancient Greek and Latin origin, mostly used as a prefix. ...

The St. John's Church's yard has the Mausoleum of 'Calcutta's Founder', Job Charnock. The building is supposedly the oldest piece of masonry in Calcutta. Job Charnock (d. ...

The square is famous for the cheap food vendors that sell ready foods throughout the day to the office-babus , all the clerks and officers that work in the offices.However, in the night, the place becomes eerily silent as there are hardly any residencial buildings in the district.

Heritage site

The Dalhousie Square has been declared as one of the world's 100 most endangered sites by the World momument watch [1]. The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic art and architecture worldwide through fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, and training. ...