Prinsep Ghat is a '' ghat'' built in 1841 during the

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, along the

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bank of the

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in India. The Palladian porch in the memory of the eminent Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary

James Prinsep James Prinsep (20 August 1799 – 22 April 1840) was an English scholar, Orientalism, orientalist and antiquary. He was the founding editor of the ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal'' and is best remembered for deciphering the Kharost ...

was designed by W. Fitzgerald and constructed in 1843. Located between the Water Gate and the St George's Gate of the Fort William, the monument to Prinsep is rich in Greek and Gothic inlays. It was restored by the state's public works department in November 2001 and has since been well-maintained. In its initial years, all royal British entourages used the Prinsep Ghat jetty for embarkation and disembarkation. Prinsep Ghat is one of the oldest recreational spots of Kolkata. People visit it in the evenings on weekends to go boating on the river, stroll along the bank and purchase food from stalls there. A stretch of the beautified riverfront from Prinsep Ghat to Babughat (Baje Kadamtala Ghat) was inaugurated on 24 May 2012. It has illuminated and landscaped gardens and pathways, fountains and renovated ghats. One of the songs in the

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film '' Parineeta'' was shot here on the ghats. Prinsep Ghat also has a

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named after it. The station is part of the Kolkata Circular Railway which is maintained by Eastern Railway. The station code is PPGT. There is a jetty nearby called the Man-O-War jetty that belongs to the Kolkata Port Trust and commemorates the role played by the port in the Second World War. The jetty is mainly used by the Indian Navy.

Gallery

File:Prinsep's Ghat.jpg, British Man of War alongside Prinsep Ghat ca 1853 File:Vidyasagar Setu .jpg, Prinsep memorial overlooked by Vidyasagar Setu File:Prinsep Ghat Railway Station Arnab Dutta 2011.jpg, Prinsep Ghat railway station File:Princep Ghat in the evening.jpeg, Princep Ghat in the evening File:Prinsep Ghat Evening.jpg, Evening view of Prinsep Ghat File:Prinsep Ghat.jpg, Evening view of Prinsep Ghat File:Prinsep Ghat, Kolkata, 1900s.jpg, A view of Prinsep Ghat, Kolkata, in the 1900s. File:Calcutta, Prinsep's Ghat.JPG, Prinsep Ghat at morning File:Sunset-from-princep-ghat.jpg, Sunset from the Princep Ghat File:Prinsep Ghat1.jpg, Prinsep Ghat at night File:Vidyasagar setu from Prinsep Ghat.jpg, View of the

and Vidyasagar Setu from Prinsep Ghat

References

External links

Prinsep Ghat
from '' Incredible India'' {{Tourist attractions in Kolkata Ghats in Kolkata 19th century in Kolkata Monuments and memorials in Kolkata 1841 establishments in British India Ghats of India