College Street (Kolkata)
College Street (Template:Lang-bn) is a ~1.5 km long street in central Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It stretches (approximately) from Ganesh Chandra Avenue Crossing in Bowbazar area to Mahatma Gandhi Road crossing.[1] Its name derives from the presence of many colleges ( Presidency University,The Sanskrit College and University, City College of Commerce & Business Administration to name a few. Housing many centres of intellectual activity especially the Indian Coffee House, a café that has attracted the city's intelligentsia for decades.[2]
Book stores
The College Street is most famous for its small and big bookstores, which gives it the nickname Boi Para (Colony of Books).[1][3] People from whole city and different parts of the state gathers here for their books. Many bigwigs of the Bengali publication industry (like: Ananda Publishers, DasGupta and Company Pvt. Ltd, Dey's Publishing, Rupa & Co., etc.) are situated here. The street is also dotted with countless very small book kiosks which sell new and old books.[1] 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.[4] One can buy rare books at throw-away prices and extensive bargaining take place.
Recognition
In 2007, College Street featured among the famous landmarks of India which have made it to Time Magazine’s "Best of Asia" list.[5]
Educational institutes
Well-known academic institutions situated on this street include
- Presidency University, established in 1817, making it one of the oldest educational institutions of western education in South Asia.
- University of Calcutta, established in 1857
, and one of the first major multidisciplinary university in South Asia.
- Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, established in 1835, first college of European medicine in Asia.
- The Sanskrit College and University, established in 1824, and Sanskrit Collegiate School.
- Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, established in 1953, affiliated to University of Calcutta. It is India's first MBA offering institute.
- Hare School, established in 1818.
- Hindu School, established in 1817.[1][3]
WBTC
- MIDI1 Rajabazar-Howrah Station
- S3B Kankurgachi-Behala
Mini bus
Private bus
- 12C/2 Thakdari-Howrah Station
- 13Parnasree-Sealdah
- 24 Topsia-Bandhaghat
- 24B Dhapa-Howrah Station
- 28 Sealdah-Howrah station
- 30B/1 Howrah Station-Newtown Shiristala
- 34B Dunlop-Esplanade
- 39A/2 Picnic garden(VIP bazaar)-Howrah Station
- 44 Baguihati-Howrah Station
- 46 Airport-Esplanade
- 71 Salt Lake-Howrah Maidan
- 72 Dasnagar-Parkcirus
- 78/1 Babughat-Rahara bazaar/Parthapur
- 217A Narayanpur-Babughat
- 219 Nagerbazar-Howrah Station
- 234/1 Belgharia-Golfgreen
- 240 Bagbazar-Golfgreen
- 240/1 Bagbazar-Golfgreen
References
- ^ a b c d College Street or the Boi Para Archived 2013-11-16 at the Wayback Machine astrainfotech.org. Retrieved 24 March 2013
- ^ Kolkata Heritage- College Street Archived 2013-09-02 at the Wayback Machine westbengaltourism.gov.in. Retrieved 24 March 2013
- ^ a b Kolkata's historical College Street 'Boi-Para' ceases to exist webindia123.com. Retrieved 24 March 2013
- ^ Hollick, Julian Crandall (July 1991). "Amid Calcutta's poverty, there's no dearth of cultural wealth". Smithsonian. 22 (4): 32–41. ISSN 0037-7333.
- ^ Press Trust of India (28 April 2007). "Mehrangarh Fort, College Street, figure in Time's Best of Asia". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
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