Sovabazar

Sovabazar or Shobhabazar is an old neighbourhood in North Kolkata, based around the Rajbari. Despite facing economic stagnation nowadays, Sovabazar was once a part of the citadel of the Bengali aristocracy.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: human settlement in Kolkata district, Presidency division, West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Shobha Bazar” and “Shobhabazar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jorasanko Thakur Bari and Star Theatre.

Museum
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
is a Haveli in , North Kolkata, , , is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is the birthplace of poet Rabindranath Tagore and the host of the Rabindra Bharati University campus.

Movie theater
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , is a theatre in Hatibagan, . It was built in 1883. Initially situated in Beadon Street, the theatre later moved to Cornwallis Street - now called Bidhan Sarani.

Railway station
is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Shobhabazar, North Kolkata. It serves the local areas of Shobhabazar and Ahiritola in , , India. The station has one platform only. Its station code is SOLA.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shyambazar-Hatibagan and Bagbazar.

Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shyambazar is a prominent neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in in the Indian state of . The popularity of Shyambazar five point crossing is due to the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in in the state of . The area, under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police, has been, along with neighbouring , the citadel of the Bengali aristocracy, in a part of what was earlier known as Sutanuti.

Bowbazar and College Street are two adjacent neighbourhoods in Central Kolkata. College Street, also known as baipāṝā, is a 900 m long street, where you can trace many out-of-print books at throw-away prices, with a little patience.

Sovabazar

Latitude
22.59403° or 22° 35′ 39″ north
Longitude
88.36251° or 88° 21′ 45″ east
Open location code
7MJCH9V7+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1189512262
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q7499793
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Persian—“Sovabazar” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “শোভাবাজার”
  • Dutch: “Shobhabazar”
  • Hindi: “शोभाबाजार”
  • Persian: “شوبابازار”

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