Calcutta is a mélange of the past and the present enchanting artists, poets, writers, filmmakers, photographers and tourists.

City Of Palaces

Calcutta was the capital of the British Empire up to 1911. It was at one time, the industrial, cultural and intellectual hub of the country.

Victoria Memorial

“Let us, therefore, have a building, stately, spacious, monumental and grand, to which every newcomer in Calcutta will turn, to which all the resident population, European and Native, will flock, where all classes will learn the lessons of history and see revived before their eyes the marvels of the past.” – Curzon

Howrah Bridge

It is considered to be one of the longest cantilever bridges in the world. The British company, Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company Ltd secured the contract for the whole work. A local organisation called The Braithwaite Burn & Jessop Construction Company Limited was awarded the contract. Construction was started by 1936, and the new Howrah Bridge was finally constructed in 1942. It opened on the 3rd of February, 1943. The bridge was formed entirely by riveting, and does not have any nuts or bolts.

GPO – General Post Office

The site where the GPO is located was actually the site of the first Fort William. An alley beside the post office was the site of the guardhouse that housed the infamous 1756 Black Hole of Calcutta (1756). The General Post Office was designed in 1864 by Walter B. Grenville. The GPO is notable for its imposing high domed roof (rising over 220 feet) and tall Ionic-Corinthian pillars.

Shahid Minar

Known as the “Cloud kissing Monument” by Mark Twain, the Shaheed Minar formerly known as the Ochterlony Monument, is a monument in Kolkata that was erected in 1828 in memory of Major-general Sir David Ochterlony, commander of the British East India Company, to commemorate both his successful defense of Delhi against the Marathas in 1804 and the victory of the East India Company’s armed forces over the Gurkhas in the Anglo-Nepalese War, also known as the Gurkha War.

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