Mirza Ghalib Street
Rani Rasmoni Road | |
West Bengal Fire Brigade Headquarters, Free School Street | |
Former name(s) | Free School Street |
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Maintained by | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
Location | Kolkata, India |
Postal code | 700016, 700087 |
Nearest Kolkata Metro station | Esplanade, Park Street |
north end | Surendranath Banerjee Road (S. N. Banerjee Road) |
south end | Park Street |
Mirza Ghalib Street, previously known as Free School Street, is a street that joins Surendranath Banerjee Road (Janbazar) with Park Street (Park Mansion) in Central Kolkata. North of S. N. Banerjee Road crossing, Free School Street becomes Hospital Street.[1]
Intersections
Lindsay Street and Sudder Street are some of the important streets that cross Free School Street.
Attractions
The Free School Street-Sudder Street area is famous for cheap hotels and eateries. Many foreign visitors reside in these cheap hotels. The used book and record shops sport an eclectic collection due to trade with generations of budget travellers the world over. The street also has the house William Makepeace Thackeray was born in, the West Bengal Fire Services headquarters, Kalman's (a shop of Hungarian origin), Leather Club (a shop for leather goods) etc.
Free School Street dining can be eclectic, with Shamiana - offering cheap Mughlai cuisine, Prince and Princess cheap Bengali cuisine and Mocambo upscale continental dining, to name a few.
See also
- Park Street
- Camac Street
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- AJC Bose Road & APC Road
- Amherst Street
- Ballygunge Circular Road
- Bowbazar Street
- Bidhan Sarani
- Camac Street
- Chittaranjan Avenue
- Chowringhee Road
- College Street
- Gariahat Road
- Gurusaday Dutta Road
- Grey Street
- Hare Street
- Lindsay Street
- Lansdowne Road
- Mahatma Gandhi Road
- Mirza Ghalib Street
- Netaji Subhas Road
- Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Road
- Park Street
- Prince Anwar Shah Road
- Rabindra Sarani
- Raja Nabakrishna Street
- Raja SC Mullick Road
- Rashbehari Avenue
- Shakespeare Sarani
- Southern Avenue
- Strand Road
- Sudder Street
- V.I.P. Road
- Vivekananda Road
- Zakaria Street
- Neighbourhoods in Kolkata
- Kolkata topics
- India portal
References
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