Shakespeare Sarani (earlier Theatre Road) is a street running in the

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, from Park Circus to

Chowringhee Road Chowringhee Road (also spelt ''Chourangi Road''), located in the Chowringhee neighbourhood of Kolkata, is the arterial road running from the eastern fringes of Esplanade southwards up to the crossing with Lower Circular Road (AJC Bose Ro ...

( Birla Planetarium). It was renamed on 24 April 1964 after

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

, to mark the fourth birth centenary of the legendary playwright. It is considered to be a

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of Kolkata with many commercial establishments, offices, shops and restaurants situated by the road. It intersects with other important roads in the CBD like Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road,

Camac Street Abanindranath Thakur Sarani (formerly and popularly known as Camac Street) is a one-way road in Kolkata, India. Running in the Kolkata CBD, it connects Allen Park at Park Street to Nizam Palace at Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road. The roa ...

, Loudon Street and Rawdon Street. Few other roads like, Little Russel Street, Wood Street, Picasso Bithi & Lord Sinha Road criss-crosses or merge into Shakespeare Sarani from North or South. West of Birla Planetarium crossing, Shakespeare Sarani becomes Queen's Way.

History

At the corner of

and Theatre Road was the Theatre of Calcutta from 1813 to 1839. It was burnt down by fire and never rebuilt.Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', first published 1909/reprint 1980, page 224, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

Geography

Landmarks

* Astor Hotel * AC Market (The first air-conditioned shopping mall in Kolkata) * Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad (Indian Language Council) * Consulate of Philippines * Duckback House * Express Tower (houses number of food outlets and offices) * International Club (earlier Swiss Club) * Jasmine Tower * Kala Mandir * L&T House (at Little Russell Street crossing) * Marda Plaza (A retail cum commercial complex) * Nagaland House * New B K Market * New Kenilworth Hotel (at Little Russell Street crossing) * Premlata building * Rani Birla Girls' College * Shakespeare Court (at Camac Street crossing) * Sri Aurobindo Bhavan * State Archive * The Legacy * Unilever House

Police district

Shakespere Sarani police station is part of the South division of

Kolkata Police The Kolkata Police () (formerly "Calcutta Police"), is the Law enforcement in India, territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within the Kolkata metropolitan region, metropolitan area of the city of Kolkata, ...

. Located at 34A, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata-700017, it has jurisdiction over the police district which is bordered on the ''north'' from the south-west corner of the junction of Park Street, Outram Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road (old

), then crossing Jawaharlal Nehru Road to the south east corner of the junction of the Park Street and Jawaharlal Nehru Road and thence eastward by the southern limits of Park Street to Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, then crossing Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road up to the south-east corner of the junction of Park Street and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road. It is bordered on the ''east'' from the south-east corner of the junction of Park Street and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (old Lower Circular Road), then southward by the eastern limits of the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road up to the south-east corner of the junction of Beck Bagan Row, Circus Avenue and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road. It is bordered on the ''south'' from the south-east corner of the junction of Beck Bagan Row, Circus Avenue and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (old Lower Circular Road), thence westward by the southern limits of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road to Jawaharlal Nehru Road (old Chowringhee Road), then crossing Jawaharlal Nehru Road up to the south-west corner of the junction of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road. It is bordered on the ''west'' from the south-west corner of the junction of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (old Lower Circular Road) and Jawaharlal Nehru Road (old Chowringhee Road). Thence north-ward by the western limits of Jawaharlal Nehru Road up to the south-west corner of the junction of Park Street, Outram Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road. See also
Shakespeare Sarani police district map
Tollygunge Women's police station has jurisdiction over all the police districts in the South Division, i.e. Park Street, Shakespeare Sarani, Alipore, Hastings, Maidan, Bhowanipore, Kalighat, Tollygunge, Charu Market, New Alipur and Chetla.

References

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