Great Eastern Hotel

The Great Eastern Hotel is a colonial era hotel in the city of . The hotel was established in 1840/41; at a time when Calcutta, the seat of the East India Company, was the most important city in India.
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  • Type: Hotel
  • Description: hotel in Kolkata
  • Also known as: “Great Eastern Hotel, Kolkata”, “The Lalit Great Eastern”, and “The Lalit Great Eastern Kolkata”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Howrah Station and Lok Bhavan.

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, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of , which not only connects the city to the rest of , but also acts as a major stopover to connect different destinations of and beyond.

Government office
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, formally known as Raj Bhavan and Government House is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, R. N. Ravi, located in , the capital of . is situated 250 metres southwest of Great Eastern Hotel.

Mosque
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The , officially known as the Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque, also known locally as the Tipu Sultan Masjid, and formerly known as the Dharmatala Mosque, is a located in , in the state of , India. is situated 420 metres southeast of Great Eastern Hotel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include BBD Bagh and Esplanade.

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, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of . Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the precinct takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.

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, the modern heart of is the city's central business district as well as a major transport and shopping hub.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of , in in the state of . Street has been renamed after Lenin as Lenin Sarani but the neighbourhood up to Wellington Square continues to be referred as .

Great Eastern Hotel

Latitude
22.56842° or 22° 34′ 6″ north
Longitude
88.34951° or 88° 20′ 58″ east
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
7MJCH89X+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4209577088
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­hotel
Geo­Names ID
10110986
Wiki­data ID
Q15217311
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Telugu—“Great Eastern Hotel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غريت إيسترن هوتيل”
  • Bengali: “গ্রেট ইস্টার্ন হোটেল”
  • Bhojpuri: “ललित ग्रेट इस्टर्न होटल”
  • French: “Great Eastern Hotel de Calcutta”
  • French: “Great Eastern Hotel”
  • Hindi: “द ग्रेट ईस्टर्न होटेल कोलकाता”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಈಸ್ಟರ್ನ್ ಹೋಟೆಲ್”
  • Marathi: “ग्रेट ईस्टर्न हॉटेल, कोलकाता”
  • Marathi: “ग्रेट ईस्टर्न हॉटेल”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਰੇਟ ਇਸਟਰਨ ਹੋਟਲ”
  • Tamil: “கிரேட் ஈஸ்டெர்ன் ஹோட்டல்”
  • Telugu: “గ్రేట్ ఈస్టర్న్ హోటల్”
  • “ललित ग्रेट इस्टर्न होटल”

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