Prinsep Ghat

Princep Ghat is a built in 1841 during the Company Raj, along the bank of the in India. The Palladian porch in the memory of the eminent Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary James Prinsep was designed by W.
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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
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, officially Vijay Durg, is a fort in , . It was built during the early years of Britain's administration of Bengal. It sits on the eastern banks of the , the major distributary of the River Ganga. is situated 700 metres northeast of Prinsep Ghat.

Museum
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The is a large marble monument in the in Central , having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj. is situated 1 km southeast of Prinsep Ghat.

Stadium
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is a horse race venue in , , . It is the largest horse race venue in India. The race course was built in 1820 and is maintained by the Royal Calcutta Turf Club. is situated 700 metres southeast of Prinsep Ghat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hastings and Maidan.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of in in the state of .

Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a 400-hectare park in central , stretching from the Hooghly river in the west to Chowringhee and Park Street in the east, and from the Victoria Memorial in the south to Raj Bhawan and Eden Gardens in the north.

Suburb
Khidderpore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in in the state of .

Prinsep Ghat

Latitude
22.55° or 22° 33′ north
Longitude
88.33333° or 88° 20′ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
7MJCG8XM+X8
Geo­Names ID
1259316
Wiki­data ID
Q7245233
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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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