Prinsep Ghat
Princep Ghat is a ghat built in 1841 during the British Raj, along the Kolkata bank of the Hooghly River in India. The Palladian porch in the memory of the eminent Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary James Prinsep was designed by W.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: ghat of Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Princep Ghat” and “Prinsep Ghāt”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort William and Victoria Memorial.
Fort William
Fort
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Fort William, officially Vijay Durg, is a fort in Hastings, Calcutta. It was built during the early years of Britain's administration of Bengal. It sits on the eastern banks of the River Hooghly, the major distributary of the River Ganga. Fort William is situated 700 metres northeast of Prinsep Ghat.
Victoria Memorial
Museum
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The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument in the Maidan in Central Kolkata, having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj. Victoria Memorial is situated 1 km southeast of Prinsep Ghat.
National Library of India
Park
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
The National Library of India is a library located in the Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, India. It is India's largest library by volume and public record. National Library of India is situated 2 km south of Prinsep Ghat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hastings and Maidan.
Hastings
Suburb
Hastings is a neighbourhood of Central South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Maidan
Suburb
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The Maidan is a 400-hectare green space in Central Kolkata that stretches from the Hooghly River in the west to Chowringhee Road in the east, and from the Victoria Memorial in the south to Raj Bhavan and Eden Gardens in the north.
Kidderpore
Suburb
Khidderpore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Prinsep Ghat
- Categories: ghat and transportation
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Oriya—“Prinsep Ghat” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “প্রিন্সেপ ঘাট”
- French: “Prinsep Ghat”
- Hindi: “प्रिंसेप घाट”
- Oriya: “ପ୍ରିନସେପ ଘାଟ , କଲିକତା”
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