Rashbehari Avenue (known as Main Sewer Road or Ballygunge Avenue till 1929) is one of the most prestigious and important east–west avenues of

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. A major portion of this road is often commonly referred to as

Gariahat Ballygunge is a locality of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the city's most affluent neighbourhoods. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the ...

, the prime shopping and aristocratic residential neighbourhood of south Kolkata. Rashbehari Avenue falls in the posh residential neighbourhood of

Ballygunge Ballygunge is a locality of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the city's most affluent neighbourhoods. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the ...

. The road is named after Sir

Rash Behari Ghosh Sir Rash Behari Ghosh (23 December 184528 February 1921) was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist. Early life Rashbehari Ghosh was born on 23 December 1845 in Torkona village in Khandaghosh area. His family belon ...

who was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist.

Localities

The Gariahat Market is located on Rashbehari Avenue and

Gariahat Road Gariahat Road connects Ballygunge Phari with Prince Anwar Shah Road and Raja SC Mullick Road near Jadavpur Police station in the southern part of Kolkata, India. The space under Gariahat Flyover hosts one of the most prominent open air public ...

Crossing (''Gariahat More''). It is best known for its fish offerings. The other three points of the crossing contains a collection of Indian sarees and other items such as readymade garments, electronic gadgets. Besides the regular shops, there are the makeshift shops that crowd the sidewalks. The main shopping area runs down to its intersection with

Sarat Bose Road Sarat Bose Road, previously known as Lansdowne Road, is a 3.5 km long road in southern part of Kolkata, India. The 4 laned road connects Southern Avenue (near Rabindra Sarobar Stadium) with AJC Bose Road (at Minto Park) and separates tw ...

(

Deshapriya Park Deshapriyo Park is a playground of South Kolkata, having Rashbehari Avenue on one side and Sarat Bose Road on another side. Different games like Cricket, Football, Tennis etc. are regularly played here by professional and amateur players and loca ...

) but mainly up to Triangular Park. Then it travels further west to meet Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road (previously Russa Road) at Rashbehari Crossing (''Rashbehari More'') and heads towards

Chetla Chetla is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Police district Chetla police station is part of the South division of Kolkata Police and is located at 19/4 Pitamber Ghatak Lane, Kolka ...

. From Chetla-Sahanagar Bridge (Shaheed Jatin Das Setu), Rashbehari Avenue becomes Chetla Central Road and moves towards

Alipore Alipore is a neighbourhood of Kolkata, South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore to the east, the Diamond Harbour R ...

. In the east, it meets the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass at Gold Park (Ruby Hospital). This extended part of it starts from the eastern flank of Bijon Setu (Rail Overbridge). The extended part (including

Bijon Setu Bijon Setu is a bridge situated above Ballygunge Junction railway station connects EM Bypass through Kasba with Gariahat. History The bridge is named after a Bengali engineer Bijon Basu. 35 year old Basu was an executive engineer of then ...

above suburban railways at Ballygunge railway station) till Ruby doesn't bear its original name, but is commonly called the Rashbehari Avenue Connector. The important traffic intersections from east to west are near Ekdalia (Ballygunge Station stop),

, Hindustan Park (Ballygunge area),

(Sarat Bose Road), Lake Market and Rash Behari (Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road). The important roads that run immediately parallel to it are Southern Avenue to its south and Hazra Road (now renamed) to its north.See Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay, ''Streets in Motion: The Making of Infrastructure, Property, and Political Culture in Twentieth-century Calcutta'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/streets-in-motion/2D42F4BF0D2086A1DBB254A5120ACB42

Landmarks

Lake Mall Under Construction - Kolkata 2012-05-19 3100

* Lake Mall * Gariahat Market * Deshapriya Park * Priya Cinema * Mr. Idli (Triangular Park)

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{{coord missing, West Bengal Streets in Kolkata

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