Raj Bhavan

Raj Bhavan, officially known as Lok Bhavan and formerly as Government House is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, R. N. Ravi, located in , the capital of .
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  • Type: Government office
  • Description: official residence of the Governor of West Bengal
  • Also known as: “Government House”, “Lok Bhavan”, and “Raj Bhavan, Kolkata”
  • Address: govcamp 1 Marx Engels Beethi Rd, 700062

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Howrah Station and Great Eastern Hotel.

Photo: Tirthankar Maiti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of , which not only connects the city to the rest of , but also acts as a major stopover to connect different destinations of and beyond.

Hotel
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The is a colonial era hotel in the city of . The hotel was established in 1840/41; at a time when Calcutta, the seat of the East India Company, was the most important city in India. is situated 250 metres northeast of Raj Bhavan.

Mosque
Photo: DeepanjanGhosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , officially known as the Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque, also known locally as the Tipu Sultan Masjid, and formerly known as the Dharmatala Mosque, is a located in , in the state of , India. is situated 520 metres east of Raj Bhavan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Esplanade and B. B. D. Bagh.

Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the modern heart 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.

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, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of . Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the precinct takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.

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 .

Raj Bhavan

Latitude
22.56726° or 22° 34′ 2″ north
Longitude
88.34737° or 88° 20′ 51″ east
Levels
2
Open location code
7MJCH88W+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 363261615
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Wiki­data ID
Q3349690
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Raj Bhavan” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “গভর্নমেন্ট হাউস”
  • Bengali: “রাজভবন”
  • Bengali: “লাটভবন”
  • Bengali: “লোকভবন, কলকাতা”
  • Bengali: “লোকভবন”
  • Chinese: “加尔各答总督府”
  • Dutch: “Raj Bhavan”
  • French: “Raj Bhavan de Calcutta”
  • Hindi: “राजभवन, कोलकाता”
  • Hindi: “राजभवन”
  • Japanese: “ラジ・バワン (西ベンガル)”
  • Japanese: “総督府”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਾਜ ਭਵਨ, ਕੋਲਕਾਤਾ”
  • Portuguese: “Raj Bhavan”
  • Santali: “ᱨᱟᱡᱽ ᱵᱷᱚᱵᱚᱱ, ᱠᱚᱞᱠᱟᱛᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱨᱟᱡᱽ ᱵᱷᱚᱵᱚᱱ”
  • Urdu: “راج بھون”

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Notable Places Nearby

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