Martin Burn Limited is a real estate development firm based in

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

History

The history of Martin Burn Limited, generally referred to as Martin & Burn Co. goes back to 1890, when Sir Rajendranath Mukherjee in partnership with Sir

Thomas Acquin Martin Sir Thomas Acquin Martin (6 March 1850 – 29 April 1906) was an English industrial pioneer in India, and agent-general for Afghanistan. Early life Martin was born in Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, on 6 March 1850, son of Patrick Willia ...

started the firm named Martin Co. Martin & Co, has to its credit, building waterworks at Tripura, Palta,

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and

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but, its major contributions are architectural marvels like Esplanade Mansion, Standard Chartered Building, South Eastern Railway Headquarters in

Garden Reach Garden Reach is a neighbourhood of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It is situated in the south-western part of Kolkata on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. Localities within Garden Reach include Metiabruz, South Eastern Railway Colony, BNR C ...

Tipu Sultan Mosque The Tipu Sultan Mosque, officially known as the Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque, also known locally as the Tipu Sultan Masjid, and formerly known as the Dhurrumtollah Mosque, is a mosque located in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India. The mo ...

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and

Ujjayanta Palace Ujjayanta Palace or Nuyungma is the state museum of the Indian state of Tripura and former royal palace of the princely state of Tripura. It was built by Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya in 1901. It housed the State Legislative Assembly betwe ...

. Towards the high point of its business in 1904, the firm was awarded the contract of building the

Victoria Memorial The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument in the Maidan in Central Kolkata (Calcutta), having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria, the ...

, which was completed in 1921. Many of these buildings have been declared Heritage monuments. Another construction firm, Burn & Co which was founded as Burn & Currie by Alexander Burn in 1809 and had the experience of building many important structures in Calcutta like St. Andrew's Church (1818), the 152 high

Ochterlony Monument The Shaheed Minar ( English: ''Martyrs' Monument''), 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 ...

(1828) was taken over by Rajendranath Mukherjee in 1927 and the two together went on dotting the city with buildings like St. Xaviers' College (1934–40),

Oriental Seminary The Oriental Seminary is a private school in Kolkata. History The Oriental Seminary was established in 1829 by the educator Gour Mohan Addy. It was the first privately-run, first-rate school for Hindus (the children of Hindus)Hindu parents i ...

Belur Math Belur Math () is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. It is located in Belur, West Bengal, India on the west bank of Hooghly River. Bel ...

(1932), the headquarters of the

Ramakrishna Mission Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a spiritual and philanthropic organisation headquartered in Belur Math, West Bengal. The mission is named after the Indian Hindu spiritual guru and mystic Ramakrishna. The mission was founde ...

, Darbhanga House,

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, Grand Hotel Arcade, United Bank Buildings, New Secretariat Building, and Club House at

Eden Gardens Eden Gardens is an international cricket stadium in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. Established in 1864, it is the oldest and second-largest cricket stadium in India and third-largest in the world. The stadium currently has a capacity of 68,000. ...

. The city of Kolkata – is sometimes also referred to as Martin Burn City for this reason. The two civil engineering companies were merged to form present day Martin Burn Limited in 1946.

Present status

Martin Burn Limited is now operated by Fatehpuria's and the Mukherjees no longer hold any stake in the business. The company still operates from its original head office at R. N. Mookerjee Road, Martin Burn House in

B.B.D. Bagh Binoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, shortened as B. B. D. Bagh, formerly called Tank Square and then Dalhousie Square (1847 to 1856), is the administrative, financial and commercial region and one of the central business districts of Kolkata (Calcutta), c ...

area of Kolkata. The old Martin Burn House which was in the Victorian style, has been replaced with a more modern multi-storied building housing many corporates. The BSE listed company engages in civil engineering, construction activities and turnkey projects.

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{{Reflist Construction and civil engineering companies of India Companies based in Kolkata Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1890 Indian companies established in 1890 Indian companies established in 1946 Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange

History

Present status

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