Kolkata (The City of Joy) , capital of West bengal , and the second largest city of INDIA. .Kolkata has rightly been called the 'City of Joy' by French author Dominique Lapierre. Kolkatans know how to enjoy. There are some places where you must visit once.
1)Victoria Memorial: The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata, West Bengal.In January 1901, on the death of Queen Victoria, The 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston (later created The 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston), the then Viceroy of India, suggested the creation of a fitting memorial. Lord Curzon proposed the construction of a grand building with a museum and gardens.
2) Howrah Bridge: Howrah Bridge is a bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata.
Total length 702 m.The third-longest cantilever bridge at the time of its construction, the Howrah Bridge is the sixth-longest bridge of its type in the world
3) Science City Kolkata : The Science City of Kolkata is the largest science centre in the Indian subcontinent. 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.
4) Prinsep Ghat : Prinsep Ghats is a ghat built in 1841 during the British Raj, along the Kolkata bank of the Hooghly River in India. The Palladian porch in the memory of the eminent Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary James Prinsep was designed by W. Fitzgerald and constructed in 1843.
5) College Street : The College Street is most famous for its small and big bookstores, which gives it the nickname Boi Para , People from whole city and different parts of the state gathers here for their books. Many bigwigs of the Bengali publication industry (are situated here. The street is also dotted with countless very small book kiosks which sell new and old books.An article in the journal Smithsonian described College Street as ...a half-mile of bookshops and bookstalls spilling over onto the pavement, carrying first editions, pamphlets, paperbacks in every Indian language, with more than a fair smattering of books in and out of print from France, Germany, Russia and England.One can buy rare books at throw-away prices and extensive bargaining take place. The place is a heaven for bookworms. Rare kind of books are available here.
6) Indian Museum : The Indian Museum in Kolkata, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in British India era texts, is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies and Mughal paintings of 1600 ce.
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1)Victoria Memorial: The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata, West Bengal.In January 1901, on the death of Queen Victoria, The 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston (later created The 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston), the then Viceroy of India, suggested the creation of a fitting memorial. Lord Curzon proposed the construction of a grand building with a museum and gardens.
2) Howrah Bridge: Howrah Bridge is a bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata.
Total length 702 m.The third-longest cantilever bridge at the time of its construction, the Howrah Bridge is the sixth-longest bridge of its type in the world
3) Science City Kolkata : The Science City of Kolkata is the largest science centre in the Indian subcontinent. 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.
4) Prinsep Ghat : Prinsep Ghats is a ghat built in 1841 during the British Raj, along the Kolkata bank of the Hooghly River in India. The Palladian porch in the memory of the eminent Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary James Prinsep was designed by W. Fitzgerald and constructed in 1843.
5) College Street : The College Street is most famous for its small and big bookstores, which gives it the nickname Boi Para , People from whole city and different parts of the state gathers here for their books. Many bigwigs of the Bengali publication industry (are situated here. The street is also dotted with countless very small book kiosks which sell new and old books.An article in the journal Smithsonian described College Street as ...a half-mile of bookshops and bookstalls spilling over onto the pavement, carrying first editions, pamphlets, paperbacks in every Indian language, with more than a fair smattering of books in and out of print from France, Germany, Russia and England.One can buy rare books at throw-away prices and extensive bargaining take place. The place is a heaven for bookworms. Rare kind of books are available here.
6) Indian Museum : The Indian Museum in Kolkata, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in British India era texts, is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies and Mughal paintings of 1600 ce.
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Zoological Garden : The Zoological Garden, Alipore (also informally called the Alipore Zoo or Calcutta Zoo) is India's oldest formally stated zoological park(as opposed to royal and British menageries) and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata.
8) Eco Park : A large recreation area for activities such as boating & cycling, plus a playground, lake & gardens.
9) Mother's Wax Museum : Mother's Wax Museum is a wax museum located in New Town, Kolkata, India. Established in November 2014, it contains wax statues of more than 19 personalities, including statues of Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. The museum has been named after Mother Teresa.
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