Diwan Lake

Diwan Lake is a lake in Bally Jagachha, Howrah, West Bengal. Diwan Lake is situated nearby to the locality Kyd Monument, as well as near the neighborhood BAKULTALA.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Great Banyan and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden.

The Great Banyan

Evergreen forest

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The Great Banyan is a banyan tree located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. The great banyan tree draws more visitors to the garden than its collection of exotic plants from five continents.

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden

Park

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The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, previously known as the Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta Botanic Garden, and Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, is a botanical garden situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata.

Shalimar railway station

Railway station

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Shalimar railway station is a Railway Terminus located in Shibpur, Howrah of West Bengal. It is one of important railway station serving the Kolkata metropolitan region, India.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Howrah and Maidan.

Howrah

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Howrah is the twin city of Kolkata and an important industrial and transport hub of southern West Bengal.

Maidan

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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.