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THE CALCUTTA TRAMWAYS CO LTD..THE LONG MARCH OVER 108 YEARS
THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO RUN TRAMWAYS SERVICE BETWEEN SEALDAH AND ARMENIAN GHAT STREET OF ROUTE LENGTH 2.4 MILE WAS MADE ON FEBRUARY 24 1873.THE SERVICE WAS NOT ADEQUATELY PATRONISED AND WAS WOUND UP ON NOVEMBER 20. LATER THE CALCUTTA TRAMWAYS CO LTD WAS FORMED AND REGISTERED IN LONDON ON 22ND DECEMBER . SUBSEQUENTLY METER GAUGE HORSE DRAWN TRAM TRACK BETWEEN SEALDAH TO ARMENIAN GHAT WAS LAID. THE ROUTE WAS INAUGURATED ON 1ST NOV 1880.
KUMORTULI..TRADITIONAL POTTER'S QUARTER
OVER 300 YEARS OLD THE POTTER'S COLONY IS LOCATED IN NORTH KOLKATA. KUMORTULI IS NOW A WORLD FAMOUS PHENOMENON WHERE MEN AND WOMEN ARTISIANS WORK TIRELESSLY TO CREATE ART PIECES WHICH NOT ONLY ADORN DIFFERENT PANDALS OF KOLKATA BUT ALSO IN ALL MAJOR CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD.
KOLKATA PORT
THE PORT OF KOLKATA IS A RIVERINE PORT IN THE CITY OF KOLKATA. ESTABLISHED BY THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AFTER IT RECEIVED TRADING RIGHTS FROM MUGHAL EMPEROR AURANGZEB, IT IS THE OLDEST OPERATING PORT IN INDIA.THOUGH CONCEIVED AS A COMMERCIAL PORT IT PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE DURING SECOND WORLD WAR.
RIVER GANGES KOLKATALIFELINES OF MILLIONS OF INDIANS WHO LIVE ALONG ITS COURSE, RIVER GANGES FORMS AN INTEGRAL PART OF INDIAN CULTURE AND RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS.
ESPLANADE
BRITISH TROOPS PARADING ON ESPLANADE KOLKATA,INDIA, MID NINETEENTH CENTURY
BRITISH TROOPS PARADING ON ESPLANADE KOLKATA,INDIA, MID NINETEENTH CENTURY
WRITER'S BUILDING
ORIGINALLY SERVED AS THE OFFICE FOR THE WRITERS OF THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY, THIS BUILDING WAS THE SECRETARIAT OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT TILL 2013. DESIGNED BY THOMAS LYON IN 1777, THE BUILDING HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL EXTENSIONS OVER THE YEARS BEING A WITNESS TO THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF BENGAL
ORIGINALLY SERVED AS THE OFFICE FOR THE WRITERS OF THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY, THIS BUILDING WAS THE SECRETARIAT OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT TILL 2013. DESIGNED BY THOMAS LYON IN 1777, THE BUILDING HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL EXTENSIONS OVER THE YEARS BEING A WITNESS TO THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF BENGAL
CALCUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT LAID DOWN A PLAN FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG INDIANS TO FILL THE POSITION OF NATIVE DOCTORS IN THE CIVIL AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF BENGAL. THEN KNOWN AS THE NATIVE MEDICAL INSTITUTION , IT EVOLVED INTO THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE UNDER WILLIAM BENTINCK IN THE YEAR 1835. IDEA OF SETTING UP A LARGE CENTRAL HOSPITAL TO BE CALLED FEVER HOSPITAL PAVED WAY FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CALCUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT LAID DOWN A PLAN FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG INDIANS TO FILL THE POSITION OF NATIVE DOCTORS IN THE CIVIL AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF BENGAL. THEN KNOWN AS THE NATIVE MEDICAL INSTITUTION , IT EVOLVED INTO THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE UNDER WILLIAM BENTINCK IN THE YEAR 1835. IDEA OF SETTING UP A LARGE CENTRAL HOSPITAL TO BE CALLED FEVER HOSPITAL PAVED WAY FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CALCUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE.
TOWN HALL OF KOLKATA
TOWN HALL OF KOLKATA WAS BUILT IN 1813 BY THE ARCHITECT JOHN GARSTIN. A FUND OF RUPEES 700,000 WAS RAISED FROM A LOTTERY TO PROVIDE THE EUROPEANS WITH A PLACE FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS. POST INDEPENDENCE IT SERVED AS THE MUNICIPAL MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE.
TOWN HALL OF KOLKATA WAS BUILT IN 1813 BY THE ARCHITECT JOHN GARSTIN. A FUND OF RUPEES 700,000 WAS RAISED FROM A LOTTERY TO PROVIDE THE EUROPEANS WITH A PLACE FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS. POST INDEPENDENCE IT SERVED AS THE MUNICIPAL MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE ~ "Science urges us to occupy by our mind the immensity of the knowable world"
SIR JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE~"The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth"
SATYENDRA NATH BOSE~"I really wanted to do research. That has never changed."
MEGHNAD SAHA~"It was while pondering over the problems of astrophysics, and teaching thermodynamics and spectroscopy to the MSc classes that the theory of thermal ionization took a definite shape in my mind "
HOWRAH BRIDGE
HOOGLY BRIDGE
VICTORIA MEMORIAL KOLKATA
THE IDEA OF ERECTING VICTORIA MEMORIAL AS A 'NATIONAL VALHALLA' OF BRITISH INDIAN WORTHIES AND MODERN INDIAN HISTORY WAS CONCEIVED BY LORD CURZON AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY WHEN THE BRITISH EMPIRE HAD REACHED ITS HIGH NOON.THE CONSTRUCTION WAS ENTRUSTED TO MARTIN AND COMPANY CALCUTTA.AN INSTITUTION OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE SINCE THE ACT OF 1935,THE MEMORIAL HOUSES A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF WEAPONS,MANUSCRIPTS,STAMPS,ARTEFACTS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA OF THE RAJ AND THE INDIAN REPONSE TO IT.
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