Hastings
Hastings is a neighbourhood of Central South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood in Kolkata in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Calcutta Hastings”, “Hastings Chapel”, and “Hastings, Kolkata”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Victoria Memorial and Fort William.
Victoria Memorial
Museum
Photo: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Fort William
Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maidan and Kidderpore.
Maidan
Suburb
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Bhowanipore-Kalighat
Suburb
Photo: Kolkatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bhowanipore and Kalighat are two neighbourhoods along the Adi Ganga River, in South Kolkata. Bhowanipore-Kalighat is situated 2½ km southeast of Hastings.
Hastings
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.54899° or 22° 32′ 56″ northLongitude
88.3285° or 88° 19′ 43″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
7MJCG8XH+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1172959662OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Spanish—“Hastings” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “হেস্টিংস, কলকাতা”
- Bengali: “হেস্টিংস”
- Dutch: “Hastings, Kolkata”
- Hindi: “हेस्टिंग्स, कोलकाता”
- Spanish: “Hastings, Calcuta”
- Spanish: “Hastings”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hastings Mandir and Hastings Police Station.
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