Marquis Street

Marquis Street is a bus stop in Kolkata, West Bengal. Marquis Street is situated nearby to the mosque Madina Masjid, as well as near the fire station West Bengal Fire Service HQ.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wellesley Gol Talab and Victoria Memorial.

Wellesley Gol Talab

Pond

Photo: Rehan.haider, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wellesley Gol Talab, is a park located in Taltala neighbourhood in Central Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The pond is known to exist since at least early 19th century due to the fact that famous Urdu poet, Ghalib wanted to settle in the locality. Wellesley Gol Talab is situated 220 metres east of Marquis Street.

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. Victoria Memorial is situated 2 km southwest of Marquis Street.

Chaplin Cinema

Theater building

Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.

Chaplin Cinema was the oldest single screen movie theatre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was located in 5/1 Chowringhee Place. In 1907 Jamshedji Framji Madan opened this cinema in India. Chaplin Cinema is situated 630 metres northwest of Marquis Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dharmatala and Tal Tala.

Dharmatala

Suburb

Dharmatala is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dharmatala Street has been renamed after Lenin as Lenin Sarani but the neighbourhood up to Wellington Square continues to be referred as Dharmatala.

Tal Tala

Suburb

Taltala is a neighbourhood in Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. One of the oldest neighbourhoods of the metropolis, it has a police station on its own name.