Raja Nabakrishna Street : An old street of Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, (then Calcutta), situated in the north-east of the city

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

. This street of north Kolkata connets Grey Street

Grey Street

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 at Hatibagan

Hatibagan

Hatibagan is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata . The area is under Shyampukur & Burtalla police stations. It is next to Shyambazar. The place is popular for its Shops, Markets, Cinema Halls & old Theatres, No other places in Kolkata cover as many Cinema & Theatre halls as Hatibagan covers...

 end and Rabindra Sarani at Sovabazar

Shobhabazar

Shobhabazar is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal.-History:...

 end. The street was named after Raja Nabakrishna Deb

Nabakrishna Deb

Nabakrishna Deb , founder of the Shovabazar Raj family, was instrumental in a plot against Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula...

 : (1733–1797). Sovabazar Rajbari, Kalikrishna Deb's Rajbari, Seth Anandaram Jaipuria College and Nat Mandir are some important establishments situated in this street. Besides The Rajbari (palaces) of Raja Nabakrishna Deb

Nabakrishna Deb

Nabakrishna Deb , founder of the Shovabazar Raj family, was instrumental in a plot against Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula...

 and Raja Kalikrishna Deb, Sutanuti Utsav, the foundation day of Kolkata, is held from 24 August in the Nat Mandir of Sovabazar Rajbari, organised by the Sutanuti Parishad at then Sutanuti

Sutanuti

Sutanuti was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata in India. The other two villages were Gobindapur and Kalikata. Job Charnock, an administrator with the British East India Company is traditionally credited with the honour of founding the city...

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History

Landmarks

• Sovabazar Rajbari
• Kalikrishna Dev's Rajbari
• Nat Mandir
• Seth Anandaram Jaipuria College