Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (earlier known as Lower Circular Road) and its continuation northwards called Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road (earlier known as Upper Circular Road), are together the longest and the most important north-south thoroughfare in

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History

The road came upon the stretch that formed the

Maratha Ditch The Maratha Ditch was a 3-mile long deep entrenchment constructed by the English East India Company around Fort William in Calcutta. It was built to protect the surrounding villages and forts from the ruthless Maratha Bargi raiders. The ditch ...

that was dug in 1742 to protect the City from the Bargi invasions. In 1799 the ditch was filled up and the current outline of the road built. Until the 1870s, the Circular Road was considered the de facto eastern boundary of the City of Calcutta as the suburbs to its east, i.e. Manicktala, Rajabazar, Narikeldanga, Ultadanga, and Beliaghata were still semi-urban semi-rural villages.

Legacy

Named after the renowned chemist

Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, CIE, FNI, FRASB, FIAS, FCS (also spelled Prafulla Chandra Rây and Prafulla Chandra Roy; bn, প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় ''Praphulla Chandra Rāy''; 2 August 1861 – 16 June 1944 ...

and the renowned physicist and botanist Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose.

Stretch and description

APC Road and AJC Bose Road taken together is the longest road in Kolkata. APC Road emerges from the

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Five-Point Crossing (''Paanch Mathar More''). It then passes through Khanna Crossing, Beadon Street Crossing, Maniktala Crossing, Rajabazar Crossing, M. G. Road Crossing, Vidyapati Flyover and ends at

Sealdah Station Sealdah (station code:SDAH) is one of India's major railway terminals serving the city of Kolkata. The other main railway stations in the Kolkata metropolitan region are , , and Santragachi. Sealdah Railway station is the busiest railway stat ...

From

, it is known as AJC Bose Road, which passes through Lenin Sarani Crossing ( Moulali Crossing), S. N. Banerjee Road Crossing, Ripon Street Crossing, Elliot Road Crossing, Park Street Crossing (Mullick Bazar), Shakespeare Sarani Crossing, Circus Avenue Crossing (Beck Bagan),

Ballygunge Circular Road Ballygunge Circular Road which was renamed as Promotesh Barua Sarani , after the legendary actor and doyen of Bengali Cinema, is one of the most important roads which runs through the upscale part of Ballygunge in South Kolkata. It starts near th ...

Crossing, Lansdowne Crossing (Minto Park), Camac Street Crossing, Lee Road Crossing,

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Crossing or Exide Crossing, Cathedral Road Crossing ( Nandan and

Rabindra Sadan Rabindra Sadan is a cultural centre and theatre in Kolkata, located close to the St. Paul's Cathedral on Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road in South Kolkata. It is noted for its large stage which is a prime venue for Bengali theatre and Kol ...

on one side), Victoria Memorial-Hospital Road/Debendra Lal Khan Road Crossing,

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Road Crossing,

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on one side and finishes its journey at Strand Road-

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Crossing. From the Point of Circus Avenue Crossing till the Victoria Memorial, the road runs below the "AJC Bose Road Flyover", which is the 2nd longest flyover and busiest flyover in the city at 2.9 km long, connecting

Park Circus Park Circus is a neighbourhood of Central-South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. Geography Police district Karaya police station is in the South-east division of Kolkata Police. Karaya Women police station, at the same a ...

to Victoria Memorial on one branch, and serving as the direct flyover connection onto Parama Island Flyover on the other branch. After both ramps of the flyover connecting it with Parama Island Flyover were completed in early 2019, the flyover forms a seamless, no-signal traffic corridor known as

Maa flyover Maa Flyover ( bn, মা উড়ালপুল; also known as Parama Island Flyover) is a long flyover in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is built along Park Circus Connector and connects EM Bypass with Park Circus 7-Point Crossing, then t ...

from PG Hospital to

EM Bypass The Eastern Metropolitan Bypass (known simply as both ''E.M. Bypass'' and ''EM Bypass'') is a (Including Kamalgazi to Baruipur extension) major road on the east side of Kolkata. It connects Ultadanga (North Kolkata) to Baruipur Puratan Baz ...

Western Ramp - AJC Bose Flyover - PTS - Kolkata 2016-06-23 5128

Landmarks

, Five-Point Crossing * Khanna Cinema *

Bangiya Sahitya Parishad Bangiya Sahitya Parishat is a literary society in Maniktala of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Established during the time of the British Raj, its goal is to promote Bengali literature, both by translating works in other languages to Bengali a ...

* Central Blood Bank * Rammohan Library *

Bose Institute Bose Institute (Basu Bigyan Mandir) is a public research institute of India and also one of its oldest. The Institute was established in 1917 by Acharya Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, the father of modern scientific research in the Indian subconti ...

* Calcuta Deaf School *

Rajabazar Science College The University College of Science, Technology and Agriculture (commonly or formerly known as Rashbehari Siksha Prangan & Taraknath Palit Siksha Prangan or Rajabazar Science College & Ballygunge Science College) are two of five main campuses of ...

* Dr. M N Chatterjee Eye Hospital & Ayurvedic College and Hospital * Victoria Institution * Sealdah ESI Hospital * Vidyapati Flyover *

Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital The Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMC&H), also known as NRS Medical College, Kolkata (formerly Campbell Medical College), is a public medical school and hospital in Kolkata, India. It is located in Sealdah, in the heart of K ...

* Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital *

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's Shishu Bhavan * St James' School * Pratt Memorial school- one of the oldest schools of Kolkata * Mother House,

Missionaries of Charity The Missionaries of Charity ( la, Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate) is a Catholic centralized religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as ...

Lower Circular Road cemetery Lower Circular Road Cemetery, also known as General Episcopal Cemetery, is located on the crossing of Mother Teresa Sarani (former Park Street) and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (former Lower Circular Road), Kolkata, India, with its entra ...

* Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata *

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Hotel * La Martiniere School for boys and girls * Minto Park (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Udyan) * Hotel Hindustan International * St Joseph's Home * Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College * Nehru Children's Museum * The Calcutta Club * Nandan *

* SSKM Hospital * Dr. B. C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences * The Frank Anthony Public School, Kolkata

Gallery

File:Park St - AJC Bose Rd Xing 'INK'.jpg, Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata at the crossing of Park Street and AJC Bose Road File:Jora Girija .jpg, Jora Girja ( St. James' Church) on AJC Bose Road File:Shaheed Bhagat Singh Udyan.jpg, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Udyan (Minto Park) on AJC Bose Road File:AJC Bose Road 'Diamond Prestige' (1).jpg, Diamond Prestige, an office block on AJC Bose Road, houses a 'Jaguar' showroom File:Ideal Center.jpg, Ideal Center on AJC Bose Road, houses an 'Audi' showroom File:Police Training School - 247 AJC Bose Road - Kolkata 2015-02-07 2164.JPG, Kolkata Police Training School (PTS) on AJC Bose Road

References

External links

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