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Bowbazar (also spelt Boubazar) is a neighbourhood and police station^[1]in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The neighbourhood has been at the forefront of Kolkata’s changing society. , â€œCalcuttaâ€ redirects here. ... India is a federal republic comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. ... , West Bengal (Bengali: à¦ªà¦¶à§à¦šà¦¿à¦®à¦¬à¦™à§à¦— PoshchimbÃ´Å‹go) is a state in eastern India. ...

History

In Wood’s map of 1784, the entire portion of the road from Lal Bazar to what was known for a long time as Circular Road (now Jagadish Chandra Bose Road) or even a part of that road was shown as Baithakkhana (archaic spelling Boytaconnah). It received its name from an old banyan tree which stood at its eastern extremity and formed a baithakkhana or resting and meeting place for caravans of merchants who traded in Kolkata. Beyond it were the salt lakes and marshes. Job Charnock is said to have chosen the site of Kolkata for a city, in consequence of the pleasure he found in sitting and smoking under the shade of a large tree. Posterity loved to connect his name with the Baithakkhana tree, which is shown in Upjohn’s map of 1794 on land subsequently appropriated by Sealdah station. However, it finds no mention in Wood’s map of 1784.^[2] Job Charnock (d. ...

In earlier days, it was called ‘avenue to the eastward’ stretching from earlier Dalhousie Square to what is now Sealdah. Subsequently, the road was named Bow Bazar Street and it absorbed Baithakkhana. Bow Bazar is commonly said to be a corruption of Bahu Bazar or “Bride’s Bazar”. One source says that a bazar is said to have fallen in the share of a daughter-in-law of Biswanath Matilal but some historians have failed to trace or identify that person.^[2]This particular market is said to have been located at premises no. 84A, near the present crossing with Nirmal Chandra Street. There were several (also bahu in Bengali) markets along its course, among them is Baithakkhana Bazar at premises nos. 155-58, where many (also bahu in Bengali) items were sold.^[3] B.B.D. Bagh, formerly called Dalhousie Square, is one of the central business district area of Kolkata, India. ...

Bow Bazar Street has been renamed Bipin Behari Ganguly Street. However, the locality continues to be called Bow Bazar. A road stretching from Bipin Behari Ganguly Street to Mahatma Gandhi Road is called Baithakkhana Road.^[4]The market along the road at the southern (Bow Bazar) end of the road is called Baithakkhana Bazar. Bipin Behari Ganguly (1887 – 1954) was a revolutionary leader, who spent about 24 years in British Indian jails. He later joined the Congress movement.^[5] Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ...

At the cross roads, where Lal Bazar, Bow Bazar, Chitpore Road and Bentinck Street meets, was the place of execution, where a pillory was later built.^[2]

Grey area

After their victory in the Battle of Plassey, the English decided to build new Fort William, in 1758. The native population shifted from Gobindapur mostly to Sutanuti. The European inhabitants of Kalikata gradually forsook the narrow limits of the old palisades and moved to around the Maidan.^[6]Civilians were not allowed to live within the new fort. Gradually the areas to the south of the Great Tank and to the east along Chowringhee Road were emerging as preferred haunts for the Englishmen. While Sutanuti developed as the Black Town, the Esplanade and Chowringhee emerged as the White Town. However, the areas around Writers' building, Baitakkhana (Bowbazar), Dharmatala and Janbazar went down in estimation and were gradually taken over by ‘the rest’, which included half-castes, Portuguese, Armenians and so on, 'to become grey areas between Black and White Towns of old Kolkata'. ^[7] Combatants British East India Company Siraj Ud Daulah (Nawab of Bengal), La Compagnie des Indes Orientales Commanders Colonel Robert Clive (later Governor of Bengal and Baron of Plassey) Mir Jafar Ali Khan (Commander-in-chief of the Nawab), M. Sinfray (French Secretary to the Council) Strength 2,200 European soldiers... Fort William is a British Raj fort in the Indian city of Calcutta and was named after King William of Orange. ... Gobindapur was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India. ... Sutanuti was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India. ... Kalikata was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly, in English, as Calcutta) in India. ... Kolkata â€” the skyline across the Maidan The Maidan (open field) is the largest urban park in Kolkata (earlier known as Calcutta) in India. ... General Post Office and Reserve Bank of India building from across Lal Dighi Lal Dighi (meaning Red Tank) is a body of water in the middle of B. B. D. Bagh, earlier known as Tank Square or Dalhousie Square, in the heart of Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the... Esplanade is a place in Central Calcutta. ... Writers Building is the secretariat of West Bengal. ... Janbazar is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. ...

The 1876 census found that around 10,000 people crossed the Hooghly River and entered the city everyday. They settled in large numbers, clustered in slums, in the area between Mechuabazar and Bowbazar. The stark poverty of these people which used to be confined throughout the year to mud walls and tiled roofs, used to converge in large numbers before the houses of the Bengali rich for food and gifts on special occasions.^[8] The Hooghly River (alternatively spelled Hoogli or Hugli) is a distributary of the Ganges River in India. ... Jorasanko is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata. ...

China town

In the 18th and 19th centuries when Kolkata was growing and was capital of the British Empire in India, a large number of Chinese came and settled in the Bowbazar-Tiretta’s Bazar area. Later, a large chunk moved to Tangra on the eastern fringe of Kolkata and set up tanneries there. Thereafter, although some Chinese continued to live in Bowbazar, it was Tangra that became Kolkata’s China town.^[9] Tangra is a district in north-west Kolkata that traditionally housed a large number of tanneries. ... An opium den in the China Town, Kolkata, 1945 Chinatown in the eastern part of the city of Kolkata is the only Chinatown in India. ...

The Chinese in Bowbazar were mainly Cantonese. In the years after independence, the area was opened up with the laying down of new road networks and the construction of large modern apartment blocks in place of very dense housing had an adverse effect on the Chinese community.^[10] Cantonese people (Traditional Chinese: å»£æ±äºº; Simplified Chinese: å¹¿ä¸œäºº; Pinyin: GuÇŽngdÅng rÃ©n; Jyutping: gwong2 dung1 yan4), broadly speaking, are persons originating from the present-day Guangdong province in southern China. ...

Kothas

The narrow lanes and bylanes of Bowbazar have numerous kothas or baiji-quarters which house numerous singing and dancing girls. There are renowned dance teachers coaching the dancing girls. In a report The Telegraph carried a candid report, “The Kathak master who would arrive every day in a rickshaw through the narrow alleys of Bowbazar was the famed Kathak guru Ram Narayan Mishra of the Lucknow gharana (school). He was accompanied by one of his young students, a boy named Chitresh Das. Das remembers his guru going from baiji-quarter to baiji-quarter, the burly bouncers touching his feet, mothers of baijis in their zari (gold)-bordered saris personally dressing a paan (betel leaf) for him.” There used to be rules and norms, and Bowbazar was meant for the cultured rich. In olden days if anyone misbehaved, they were just told, ‘Matlab se aaye, jaiye Sonagachi (if you have come with bad intentions, go to Sonagachi, the red light district).’” However, things have changed and the kothas of Bowbazar are in decline.^[11] This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ... , Lucknow ( , Hindi: à¤²à¤–à¤¨à¤Š, Urdu: Ù„Ú©Ú¾Ù†Ø¤, ) is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of India. ... A scene in Sonagachi, 2005 Sonagachi, translated as Golden Tree, is the largest red-light district in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. ...

Red light district

Bowbazar has a red light area wherein about 12,000 sex workers ply their trade. The surrounding areas are inhabited by slum dwellers, truckers and migrant labour. The adjacent Tirreta’s Bazar area is mainly a loading – unloading point with offices or godowns of highest number of transport companies. The area is dirty and unhealthy. ^[12]^[13]

First tram

19th century Kolkata was a city of palanquins and horse-drawn carriages. The tramway was the first attempt at mass transport. The first horse driven tramcar rolled out on 24 February 1873 running between Sealdah and Armenian Ghat via Bowbazar and Dalhousie Square. ^[14]In 1899, Calcutta Tramways Company Limited introduced electric traction and the old system was electrified.^[15]The Central station of Kolkata Metro serves Bowbazar. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 Ã— 960 pixel, file size: 490 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Calcutta tram, 1880 File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 Ã— 960 pixel, file size: 490 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Calcutta tram, 1880 File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ... Sealdah is one of the major train stations serving Kolkata (Calcutta) in India, the others being Howrah Station and Kolkata Station. ... B.B.D. Bagh, formerly called Dalhousie Square, is one of the central business district area of Kolkata, India. ... Logo of the CTC The Calcutta Tramways Company Limited (CTC) is a West Bengal state government undertaken company that runs trams in Kolkata and buses in and around Kolkata. ... Kolkata Metro Train The Kolkata Metro or Calcutta Metro is the underground rail network in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. ...

Market

Bowbazar market on Bipin Behari Ganguly Street is known for its jewellery shops besides other shops dealing in wooden furniture, musical instruments, shoes, seasonal fruits, fresh vegetable and flesh etc.^[16]There are different areas for different products. It is Kolkata’s jewellery district, with a wide ranging collection of gold and silver ornaments. Many are beautifully designed and crafted stone settings.^[17]For most families a visit to Bowbazar is a must whenever there is a wedding in the family.

Politics

Bowbazar assembly constituency has a lively history with political heavy weights in the contests. The first elections in independent India in 1951 was won by Bidhan Chandra Roy, then chief minister of the state. ^[18]However, in the 1957 election he was able to scrape through with a margin of only 540 votes.^[19]As a result he shifted to Saltora constituency in Bankura district. Thereafter, another veteran INC leader, Bijay Singh Nahar, won the seat in 1962, 1967, 1969, 1971, and 1872 ^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24] A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, India. ... Bankura is a famous historical district of West Bengal, India. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ...

In 1977, Abul Hasan of CPI(M) won the seat defeating Bijoy Krishna Dhandhania of INC. In 1982, Abdul Rauf Ansari of INC defeated Abul Hasan of CPI (M). Sudip Bandopadhyay of INC won the seat defeating Md. Ismail of CPI(M) in 1987, Joytilak Guha Roy of JD in 1991 and Sujit Mandal of JD in 1996. In 2001, the seat was won by Nayana Bandopahyay of AITC, defeating Ajit Pandey of CPI (M). In 2006, the seat was won by Sudip Bandopadhyay of INC, defeating Rekha Singh of CPI (M). ^[25] CPI(M) flag The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), is a political party in India. ... Prior to the merger the students wing of the party was known as Trinamool Chhatra Parishad, the teachers wing Nationalist Democratic Teachers’ Association and the trade union wing was called Indian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress. ...

Bowbazar bomb blast

Mohammad Rashid Khan, a satta (sort of gambling) don, masterminded the Bowbazar bomb blast on 15 March 1993 which killed 69 people.^[26] He and five of his associates were sentenced to life imprisonment. ^[27]

Education

Bowbazar is home to some of the renowned Kolkata schools and colleges but it also has other distinctions in the field of education.

The scholar, educationist and reformer Vidyasagar came to Kolkata with his father from Birshingha in Midnapore in 1829 and settled in Panchanantala, a locality within Bowbazar. Thakur Das Bandhopadhyay, Vidyasagar’s father, could not afford to buy oil for lamps and hence young Vidyasagar sat under a roadside lamp post at night and did his lessons.^[28] Indian postal stamp on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bangla: à¦ˆà¦¶à§à¦¬à¦° à¦šà¦¨à§à¦¦à§à¦° à¦¬à¦¿à¦¦à§à¦¯à¦¾à¦¸à¦¾à¦—à¦°) (1820-1891) (born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyay) was a Bengali polymath. ... Midnapore (also written as Medinipur and Midnapur. ...

Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar, established the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, a national institution for higher learning whose primary purpose is to foster high quality fundamental research in frontier disciplines of the basic sciences, at 210 Bowbazar Street in July 1876. It was later shifted to Jadavpur. It was at the laboratories of this institution that Sir C. V. Raman did his monumental work, on Physical Optics leading to the discovery of the celebrated Raman Effect, which won for him and India the first Nobel Prize in Science.^[29] The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science was established in July 1876 at 210 Bowbazar street, Kolkata, to foster high quality fundamental research in frontier disciplines of the basic sciences. ... Jadavpur is one of the major southern suburbs of Kolkata (Calcutta). ... Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, CBE (Tamil: ) (7 November 1888 â€“ 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist, who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him. ...

Bengal National College and School with Aurobindo Ghosh as principal and Satish Chandra Mukherjee as honorary superintendent started functioning at 19/1 Bowbazar Street on 15 August 1906. It later grew to be Jadavpur University.^[30] Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: à¦¶à§à¦°à§€ à¦…à¦°à¦¬à¦¿à¦¨à§à¦¦ Sri Ã”robindo, Sanskrit: à¤¶à¥à¤°à¥€ à¤…à¤°à¤µà¤¿à¤¨à¥à¤¦ SrÄ« Aravinda) (August 15, 1872â€“December 5, 1950) was an Indian/Hindu nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru [1]. After a short political career in which he became one of the leaders of the early movement for the freedom of India... Jadavpur University (Bengali: à¦¯à¦¾à¦¦à¦¬à¦ªà§à¦° à¦¬à¦¿à¦¶à§à¦¬à¦¬à¦¿à¦¦à§à¦¯à¦¾à¦²à¦¯à¦¼) (JU) is a state-funded university and a premier educational and research institution in India. ...

Culture

Banga Natyalay, Bowbazar functioned in the house of Govinda Chandra Sarkar at 25, Biswanath Motilal Lane, Bowbazar, from 1868 to1875. It was the first theatre to print admission cards in Bengali.^[31] Bengali or Bangla (IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit, PÄli and Sanskrit languages. ...

Traditionally, musical soirees were organized by the large houses of old Kolkata, but there also were some humbler houses that organized similar soirees. Amongst them was the Bowbazar home of the musical family of Borals.^[32]The Jhulanbari festival held at Bowbazar is celebrated in an ambience of Indian classical music. ^[33]

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Shyambazar five â€“ point crossing with statue of Netaji Subhas Shyambazar is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... A scene in Sonagachi, 2005 Sonagachi, translated as Golden Tree, is the largest red-light district in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. ... Tangra is a district in north-west Kolkata that traditionally housed a large number of tanneries. ... Tollygunge is a suburban locality of South Kolkata. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 436 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (1216 Ã— 1671 pixel, file size: 371 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This map has been taken from the West Bengal Tourism webite of the Government of West Bengal. ... Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority is the statutory planning and development authority fot the Kolkata Metropolitan Area(KMA) in the state of West Bengal, India. ... Baidyabati is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. ... Bally is a small town in Howrah District, West Bengal, India. ... Bansberia is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. ... Baranagar (Bengali à¦¬à¦°à¦¾à¦¨à¦—à¦°) or Barahanagar {meaning the big (Bara or Burra) and Town (Nagar) or land(nagar) of the pig(baraha)} is a town in the northern outskirts of Kolkata. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... , Barasat (Bangla: à¦¬à¦¾à¦°à¦¾à¦¸à¦¾à¦¤) is a city in the outskirts of Calcutta, West Bengal, India and is the district head quarter of the district North 24 parganas. ... Batanagar, in the south-western outskirts of Calcutta-the major city of West Bengal,India,is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company Bata. ... Belur is an neighbourhood on the west bank of the Hooghly River in the district of Howrah, West Bengal, India. ... Bhadreswar is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Budgebudge is a town in the south-western suburbs of Calcutta, on the eastern bank of river Hooghly i. ... , Chandannagore Strand: A unique place along the bank of Ganga Chandannagar, formerly known as Chandernagore or Chandernagar (French: Chandernagor), (Bengali: ) is a small city and former French colony located 30 kilometers north of Kolkata, in West Bengal, India. ... Dankuni is a fast-growing industrial township approximately 30 kilometers from Kolkata, India. ... Dum-dum is the colloquial name for several types of modified exploding (more properly known as expanding) ammunition for firearms. ... Garulia is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. ... Halisahar, formerly Kumarhata, is a city of West Bengal, India. ... Howrah (Bengali à¦¹à¦¾à¦“à¦¡à¦¼à¦¾) (also spelled Haora) is an industrial city in West Bengal, India. ... Hugli-Chinsura (also commonly known as Hooghly-Chinsura) is a town in West Bengal, India. ... Jaynagar Mazilpur is a city and a municipality in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... , Kamarhati is a city and a municipality under Belghoria police station of Barrackpore subdivision. ... Kanchrapara is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Khardaha (Latitude: 22Â° 43 7 N, Longitude: 88Â° 22 41 E) is a rail-station on the Sealdah-Ranaghat section, sandwiched between Sodepur (to the south) and Titagarh (to the north). ... Konnagar is a city and a municipality in Hughli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Madhyamgram (Bengali: à¦®à¦§à§à¦¯à¦®à¦—à§à¦°à¦¾à¦®) is a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Narendrapur is a small township near Kolkata, India. ... North Barrackpur is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... North Dumdum is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Nungi is a rail station in the Calcutta suburb of Budgebudge section of south division of Sealdah Station. ... Panihati is a city in West Bengal, India located on the banks of Hoogli River near Kolkata. ... Pujali is a city and a municipality in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Rajarhat, also called New Town, is the latest township being developed on the north-eastern fringes of Kolkata city. ... Rishra is a city and a municipality in Hugli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Serampore, India, is a pre-colonial town on the right bank of the Hoogli River in the Hooghly (Hughli) district of West Bengal. ... Sodepur (Bengali: à¦¸à§‹à¦¦à¦ªà§à¦°) is a suburb of the Indian city of Kolkata. ... South Dumdum is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Titagarh is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Uluberia (Bengali: à¦‰à¦²à§à¦¬à§‡à¦¡à¦¼à¦¿à¦¯à¦¼à¦¾) is a city and a municipality in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Uttarpara (Bengali: à¦‰à¦¤à§à¦¤à¦°à¦ªà¦¾à¦¡à¦¼à¦¾) is a small town of Hooghly District, West Bengal India. ... Kolkata city has many densely populated outskirts region. ...

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