BBD Bagh
BBD Bagh, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of Kolkata. Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the precinct takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood in Kolkata district, Presidency division, West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “B. B. D. Bagh”, “Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh”, and “Dalhousie Square”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Howrah Station and Lok Bhavan.
Howrah Station
Photo: Tirthankar Maiti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howrah Station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of Kolkata, which not only connects the city to the rest of India, but also acts as a major stopover to connect different destinations of West Bengal and beyond.
Lok Bhavan
Government office
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lok Bhavan, formally known as Raj Bhavan and Government House is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, R. N. Ravi, located in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal.
Tipu Sultan Mosque
Mosque
Photo: DeepanjanGhosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tipu Sultan Mosque, 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 mosque located in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Esplanade and Howrah.
Esplanade
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Esplanade, the modern heart of Kolkata is the city's central business district as well as a major transport and shopping hub.
Howrah
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Howrah is the twin city of Kolkata and an important industrial and transport hub of southern West Bengal.
Maidan
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Maidan is a 400-hectare park in central Kolkata, 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.
BBD Bagh
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Kolkata, Kolkata, South Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.57193° or 22° 34′ 19″ northLongitude
88.34905° or 88° 20′ 57″ eastOpen location code
7MJCH8CX+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1189036944OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q3349530
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“BBD Bagh” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ডালহৌসি স্কোয়ার”
- Bengali: “বিনয় বাদল দিনেশ বাগ”
- Bengali: “বিনয়-বাদল-দীনেশ বাগ”
- Bengali: “বিবাদিবাগ”
- Bengali: “বিবাদী বাগ”
- Bengali: “বিবাদীবাগ”
- Chinese: “B. B. D. Bagh”
- Hindi: “बिनोय बादल दिनेश बाग़”
- Hindi: “बिनोय-बादल-दिनेश बाग”
- Kashmiri: “بی بی ڈی باغ”
- Nepali: “बिनोय-बादल-दिनेश उद्यान”
- Tamil: “பினோய்-பாதல்-தினேஷ் பாக்”
- Thai: “บี. บี. ดี. บาฆ”
- Urdu: “بی بی ڈی باغ”
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