Amherst Street (Kolkata)

Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani

Amherst Street and Keshab Chandra Sen Street Crossing
Former name(s)	Amherst Street
Maintained by	Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Location	Kolkata, India
Postal code	700009
Nearest Kolkata Metro station	Girish Park, MG Road, Central and Sealdah
Coordinates	22.5791049°N 88.369807°E / 22.5791049; 88.369807
North end	Chaltabagan, Maniktala
South end	Lebutala, Bowbazar

William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, after whom the street was first named.

Amherst Street is a north–south street in Central Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. The street was named after William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst. It has been renamed as Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani after Raja Rammohan Roy, one of the most famous social-reformers of India.^[1] The road starts from Vivekananda Road crossing (Chaltabagan, Maniktala) and extends up to Bepin Behari Ganguly Street crossing (Lebutala, Bowbazar) via MG Road crossing and Surya Sen Street crossing. On the extreme north lies Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum and on the extreme south lies the Bank of India (Bowbazar).^[2]

Geography

300m
330yds

Amherst Street

  

Police district

Amherst Street police station is part of the North and North Suburban division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 57, Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata-700009.^[3]

Amherst Street Women police station, located at the same address as above covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.^[3]

Places of interest

Colleges

• St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College (estd. 1864)
• City College, Kolkata (estd. 1881), Anandamohan College (estd. 1961), Rammohan College (estd. 1961)

School

• St.Paul's School (estd. 1822) https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/St+Paul's+School/@22.5760887,88.366572,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a02764e1e88326d:0xad33002d7183da14!8m2!3d22.5760838!4d88.3687607

Festivals

Some of the notable festivals that take place in and around the street include Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja, Somendra Nath Mitra's Kali Puja (Amherst Street Sarbojonin) and Jhamapukur Sarbojonin (Subal Chandra Lane) Tamoghna Ghosh's Kali Puja and Fatakesto's Kali Puja.

In popular culture

Born Into Brothels, a 2004 documentary film directed by Zana Briski mentions this street in the movie.

Gallery

• 
  Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum
• 
  Shree Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital
• 
  Holy Trinity Church (Kolkata)

References

1. "In Remembrance of Raja Rammohan Roy" (PDF). Shodhganga - INFLIBNET. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
2. Google maps
3. "Kolkata Police". North and North Suburban Division. KP. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

External links

Kolkata/North Kolkata travel guide from Wikivoyage