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Amherst Street is a north–south street in Central

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in the Indian state of

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. The street was named after William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst. It has been renamed as Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani after Raja Rammohan Roy, one of the most famous social-reformers of India. The road starts from Vivekananda Road crossing (Chaltabagan, Maniktala) and extends up to

Bepin Behari Ganguly Street Bepin Behari Ganguly Street, or B.B. Ganguly Street, formerly known as Bow Bazar Street or Bowbazar Street, is an east-west road in Central Kolkata, capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It passes through Bowbazar area and connects Baith ...

crossing (Lebutala,

Bowbazar Bowbazar ( bn, বৌবাজার, also spelt ''Boubazar''; formerly known as Bahubazar) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History On Lt. Col. Mark Wood's map of 1784, the porti ...

) via MG Road crossing and Surya Sen Street crossing. On the extreme north lies Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum and on the extreme south lies the Bank of India (Bowbazar).

Geography

Police district

Amherst Street police station is part of the North and North Suburban division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 57, Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata-700009. Amherst Street Women police station, located at the same address as above covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.

Places of interest

Colleges

* St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College (estd. 1864) * City College, Kolkata (estd. 1881),

Anandamohan College Ananda Mohan College is an undergraduate evening college in north Kolkata. It started in 1961 as the evening branch of City College, Kolkata, City College while Rammohan College started functioning as the morning branch. City College was fou ...

(estd. 1961), Rammohan College (estd. 1961)

School

* St.Paul's School (estd. 1822) https://goo.gl/maps/pTiWAyxsm7N6jvvz7

Landmarks

The popular and famous landmarks are Union Bank of India (Maniktala), Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum, Lawrence Day School, Bose's Clinical Laboratory, Shree Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital (Popularly known as Marwari Hospital), Holy Trinity Church (Kolkata), Amherst Street Post Office (Now Raja Rammohan Sarani Post Office), Shraddhananda Park, Lady Dufferin Hospital and Union Bank of India (Bowbazar). St.Paul's School ( 33/1, Amherst Street),head office of British Institute, 35 Raja Rammohon roy sarani

Festivals

Some of the notable festivals that take place in and around the street include Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja, Somendra Nath Mitra's Kali Puja (Amherst Street Sarbojonin) and Jhamapukur Sarbojonin (Subal Chandra Lane) Tamoghna Ghosh's Kali Puja and Fatakesto's Kali Puja.

In popular culture

'' Born Into Brothels'', a 2004 documentary film directed by

Zana Briski Zana Briski (born 25 October 1966) is a British photographer and filmmaker, best known for '' Born into Brothels'', the 2004 Oscar winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, which she directed. She founded Kids with Cameras, a non ...

mentions this street in the movie.

Gallery

File:Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum 20190115 073552 01.jpg, Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum File:Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital - 118 Amherst Street - Kolkata 2014-01-01 1808-1810.JPG, Shree Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital File:Holy Trinity Church - 33-B Amherst Street - Kolkata 2014-01-01 1815.JPG, Holy Trinity Church (Kolkata)

References

External links

Streets in Kolkata {{India-road-stub