Bag Bazar

Bagbazar is a neighbourhood of , 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.
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Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: locality of Kolkata
  • Also known as: “Bagbazar” and “Baghbazar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bagbazar railway station and R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Railway station
Photo: Tarunsamanta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in the neighbourhood of Bagbazar. It serves the local areas of Bagbazar in , , India. The station has two platforms. Its station code is BBR.

Hospital
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is a public hospital in , , which started as Asia's first private medical college. It was established in 1886 to ensure self-sufficiency in medical education and services in the colonial era.

Movie theater
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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shyam Bazar and Shobha Bazar.

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

Suburb
Shobhabazar is a neighbourhood of , in , in the state of .

Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
is the oldest area of , a fascinating district dominated by narrow little lanes and hundreds of century-old buildings belonging to the Zamindars, other rich Bengalis who used to trade with the British.

Bag Bazar

Latitude
22.60159° or 22° 36′ 6″ north
Longitude
88.36366° or 88° 21′ 49″ east
Open location code
7MJCJ927+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1213498703
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q3350694
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Thai—“Bag Bazar” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Bagbazar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bağbazar”
  • Bengali: “বাগবাজার”
  • Bengali: “বাঘবাজার”
  • Bosnian: “Bagbazar”
  • Catalan: “Bagbazar”
  • Catalan: “Baghbazar”
  • Chinese: “巴格市場”
  • Dutch: “Bagbazar”
  • Estonian: “Baghbazaar”
  • Georgian: “ბაგბაზარი”
  • Gujarati: “બગબઝાર”
  • Hindi: “बागबाजार”
  • Hindi: “बाग़बाज़ार”
  • Icelandic: “Bagbazar”
  • Japanese: “バッグバザー”
  • Kannada: “ಬಾಗ್ ಬುಝಾರ್”
  • Kazakh: “Багбазар, Калькутта”
  • Kazakh: “Багбазар”
  • Latvian: “Bagbazāra”
  • Malay: “Bagbazar”
  • Mongolian: “Баг Базаар”
  • Mongolian: “Баг Базар”
  • Russian: “Багбазар”
  • Sinhala: “බාග්බසාර්”
  • Slovenian: “Bagbazar”
  • Tagalog: “Baghbazaar”
  • Tajik: “Боғбозор”
  • Tamil: “பக்பஸார்”
  • Telugu: “బాగ్ బజార్”
  • Thai: “แบกบาซาร์”

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Localities in the Area

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