Port of Kolkata
The Port of Kolkata, officially Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, is the only riverine major port in India, in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, around 203 kilometres from the sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Harbor
- Description: port in India
- Also known as: “Kolkata Port Trust”, “Port of Calcutta”, and “Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port”
Places of Interest
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.
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.
Lascar War Memorial
Monument
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The Lascar War Memorial, located on Napier Road in the Hastings area of Kolkata, is a memorial dedicated to the memory of the 896 lascars who died serving on ships of the Royal Navy and British Merchant Service during World War I.
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
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.
Port of Kolkata
- Categories: port and transportation
- Location: Howrah, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Port of Kolkata” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Puertu de Calcuta”
- Basque: “Kalkutako portua”
- Bengali: “কলকাতা পোর্ট ট্রাস্ট”
- Bengali: “কলকাতা বন্দর কর্তৃপক্ষ”
- Bengali: “কলকাতা বন্দর”
- Bengali: “শ্যামাপ্রসাদ মুখার্জী বন্দর কর্তৃপক্ষ”
- Bhojpuri: “कलकत्ता बंदरगाह”
- Chinese: “加尔各答港”
- Chinese: “加尔各答港口”
- French: “port de Calcutta”
- French: “Port de Calcutta”
- Hindi: “कोलकाता बंदरगाह”
- Japanese: “コルカタ・ポート・トラスト”
- Kannada: “ಕೋಲ್ಕತ್ತಾ ಬಂದರು”
- Santali: “ᱠᱚᱞᱠᱟᱛᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱡᱽ ᱜᱷᱟᱴ”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Calcuta”
- Urdu: “کولکاتا بندرگاہ”
- Uzbek: “Kolkata porti”
- Western Panjabi: “کولکاتا بندرگاہ”
- “कलकत्ता बंदरगाह”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Prinsep Ghat and Shalimar Point.
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