Maidan

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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: urban park in Kolkata
  • Also known as: “Brigade Parade Ground”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Victoria Memorial and Fort William.

Museum
Photo: Subhrajyoti07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a large marble monument in the Maidan in Central , having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj.

Fort
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, officially Vijay Durg, is a fort in , . It was built during the early years of Britain's administration of Bengal. It sits on the eastern banks of the , the major distributary of the River Ganga.

Planetarium
Photo: Avrajyoti Mitra, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The in , West Bengal, India, is a single-storeyed circular structure designed in the typical Indian style, whose architecture is loosely styled on the Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hastings and Dharmatala.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of in in the state of .

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 .

Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Dharmatala is the modern city centre of , combining colonial-era buildings with modern developments. It serves as the city's new central business district and is preferred by major businesses, particularly along Chowringhee Road.

Maidan

Latitude
22.55055° or 22° 33′ 2″ north
Longitude
88.34147° or 88° 20′ 29″ east
Open location code
7MJCH82R+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6134509064
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q987578
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Spanish—“Maidan” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “কলকাতা ময়দান”
  • Bengali: “ময়দান, কলকাতা”
  • Bengali: “ময়দান”
  • Catalan: “Maidan”
  • Chinese: “馬坦公園”
  • Chinese: “马坦公园”
  • French: “Maïdan”
  • Hindi: “मैदान, कोलकाता”
  • Hindi: “मैदान”
  • Italian: “Maidan”
  • Japanese: “マイダン”
  • Japanese: “マイデン”
  • Japanese: “モイダン公園”
  • Malay: “Maidan”
  • Russian: “Майдан”
  • Spanish: “Maidan (Calcuta)”
  • Spanish: “Maidan”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ho Chi Minh Sarani and Ripon Street.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Maidan and Victoria Memorial North-West Garden.

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