24-931: Jatin Das Park or JD Park is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is located on Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road at Hazra, Kalighat in Kolkata , West Bengal , India. Bus route number 1, 1A, 3B, 3C/1, 12C/1B, 13A, 13C, 17B, 18B/1, 18C, 21, 21/1, 37A, 40A, 40B, 41, 41B, 42A, 45B, 47/1, 47B, 80A, 80B, 204/1, 205, 208, 218/1, 228, 234/1, SD8, SD16, K7, 1A (Mini), 11A (Mini), 32 (Mini), S107/1 (Mini), S108/2 (Mini), S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), S114 (Mini), S116 (Mini), S117 (Mini), S118 (Mini), S131 (Mini), S135 (Mini), S178 (Mini), S188 (Mini), E1, M7B, S2, S4C, S5, S5C, S6A, S7, S9A, S10A, S15G, S17A, S60, 33, AC1, AC5, AC6, AC24, AC24A, AC49A etc. serve
48-668: Is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal . In 1717, the East India Company obtained the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar . Of these, 5 lay across the Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah ,
72-510: Is part of the South division of Kolkata Police . Tollygunge Women's police station has jurisdiction over all the police districts in the South Division, i.e. Park Street, Shakespeare Sarani, Alipore, Hastings, Maidan, Bhowanipore, Kalighat, Tollygunge, Charu Market, New Alipur and Chetla. Business opportunities brought many Gujaratis to Calcutta about a century back and they opted to stay in
96-729: The Sadr Diwani Adalat , the highest appellate court in those days, had shifted to the old Military Hospital Building here, and the District Judge's court was in Alipore . In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Bhowanipore. When the Bengal Renaissance started taking roots in 19th century Calcutta, it was initially limited to the predominantly Hindu 'Indian town' stretching north and north-east from
120-562: The Lansdowne-Chakraberia-Puddapukur belt of Bhowanipore. The railways, the jute mills and the shipping industry brought in many Punjabis to Calcutta. The Harish Mukherjee Road area of Bhowanipore and Dunlop (in north Kolkata) were the biggest pockets of Punjabi settlement. With declining economic opportunities many of both the communities are leaving Kolkata. Writing about the Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) , from where
144-2263: The Noapara – Dakshineswar stretch was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi . On 21 July 2024, the entire stretch from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash, crossed 1.92 lakh passenger mark for the first time on a single day. The following dates represent the dates the section opened to the public, not the private inauguration. The stations of this Line are: [REDACTED] Dakshineswar Bus Stand [REDACTED] Alambazar More bus Stop [REDACTED] Ma Bhabotarini Jetty Ghat [REDACTED] Baranagar Road [REDACTED] Dunlop Bus Stand [REDACTED] 34C Bus Stand [REDACTED] Health More Bus Stop [REDACTED] Gharui Paschimpara Bus Stop [REDACTED] Dum Dum Station Bus Stop [REDACTED] Belgachia Bus Depot [REDACTED] Belgachia Metro Bus Stop [REDACTED] Belgachia More Bus Stop [REDACTED] Shyambazar Tram Depot [REDACTED] Shyambazar Metro Bus Stop [REDACTED] Shyambazar 5 Point Bus Stop [REDACTED] Shyambazar Bus Stand [REDACTED] Shobhabazar Metro Bus Stop [REDACTED] Jaipuria College Bus Stop [REDACTED] Ram Mandir Bus Stop [REDACTED] Muhammad Ali Park Bus Stop [REDACTED] Muhammad Ali Park Tram Stop [REDACTED] Central Avenue Bus Stop [REDACTED] Central Metro Station Bus Stop [REDACTED] School of Tropical Medicine Bus Stop [REDACTED] Medical College Bus Stop [REDACTED] Chandni Chowk Bus Stop [REDACTED] Victoria House Bus Stop Green Line • [REDACTED] Esplanade ---- [REDACTED] Esplanade Tram Depot [REDACTED] Esplanade Bus Terminus (WBTC, CTC, SBSTC, NBSTC) [REDACTED] Park Street Bus Stop [REDACTED] Rabindra Sadan Bus Stop [REDACTED] Chowringhee Road-Calcutta Club Bus Stop [REDACTED] Jadu Babur Bazar Bus Stop [REDACTED] Jatin Das Park Bus Stop [REDACTED] Sujata Sadan Bus Stop [REDACTED] Rashbehari Crossing Bus Stop [REDACTED] Rashbehari Gurudwara Bus Stop Bhawanipore Bhowanipore (also Bhowanipur ; Bengali : ভবানীপুর )
168-587: The West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee , contests, Hindustan Times said, "The constituency has a sizable population of Sikhs and Gujaratis. However, it is dominated by middle-class Bengalis." For language and religion census data, available at the district level, see Kolkata district . Bhowanipore was also known as the Cinema Para, or the locality of the city which boasted of a string of cinema halls. The stretch started with Purna near Jadu Babu's Bazaar and
192-411: The condition is not that well of, Bharati, Kalika, and Ujjwala have been demolished to make way for multi-storied buildings that host malls, educational institutes, and marriage halls. Purna has been closed down for more than a decade now, and there is little hope that it will be opened again. The area also has the 23 Palli Durga Mandir, a small Temple which houses an Ashta Dhaatu Murti of Durga, and near
216-409: The extension of Hazra Road to Kalighat, opened up the area at the beginning of the 20th century. Artisans played a role in developing the neighbourhood and making it a populous native place. The kansaris (braziers), the shankharis (conch workers) and the telis (oil pressers); all had their paras . The goods were sold in pattis . Along with these artisans, Indian lawyers flocked to Bhowanipore, as
240-407: The first metro car on the line by 1984 was considered a great engineering challenge. Former railways minister A. B. A. Ghani Khan Chowdhury took a massive effort to perform it. The first section opened between Esplanade & Bhawanipore (now called Netaji Bhawan). First day Metro Railway Kolkata was started by Sri Tapan Kumar Nath and Sri Sanjay Sil. There were no connections of this stretch with
264-481: The fringes of Burrabazar , with a somewhat later extension to south and south-east of the 'European town' to Bhowanipore, and some decades later to Ballygunge , which was then developing as a suburb. In the first half of the 20th century, “in the milieu of relative urban prosperity... Calcutta’s rich citizens – those connected with jute, coal, tea, other industries, trade, money-lending and rentier income from urban property – did fabulously well for themselves.” Many of
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#1732884004379288-516: The last independent Nawab of Bengal , it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar , and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as Dihi Panchannagram and Bhowanipore was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the Maratha Ditch . Bhowanipore existed as a dihi in 1765 and also absorbed a part of Dihi Chakraberia. The construction of Harish Mukherjee Road and Lansdowne Road (now Sarat Bose Road) and
312-412: The line be extended from Dakshineswar to Bally (where it can connect with Howrah Division of Kolkata Suburban Railway ) and eventually to Dankuni , an emerging industrial hub of Kolkata metropolitan region . The laying of the founding stone was done in 1972, but actual construction of line 1 started only in 1978. Line 1 is 31.38 km (19.50 mi) long with 26 stations (see above). Running of
336-531: The mansions in Ballygunge , Bhowanipore and Alipore were built by the city's Bengali and the new Marwari elite who wanted to move from the “dirtier sections of north Calcutta to the more fashionable areas in the south”. Again, it was in the first half of the 20th century that with the implementation of the Area Improvement Programme of Calcutta Improvement Trust Bhowanipore, an old residential suburb
360-515: The service was closed down to be restarted when the entire stretch along the north–south corridor was completed. After 1986 many political incidents hampered the construction, and work almost stopped for nearly six years. After restarting work, the Dum Dum to Shyambazar metro service was started in 1994. This portion was served by four-car trains. Two months later, the Esplanade – Chandni Chowk section
384-409: The southern end. At the same time, the metro service was extended to the double line. Magnetic tickets and more entry gates were also introduced at that time. The number of compartments in each train was increased to eight. Metro service was also started from Dum Dum , at the northern end, to Belgachia in parallel with the extension of the line to the south. But this short portion was not popular and
408-602: The station. This article about a railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Asian rapid transit article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kolkata Metro Line 1 Line 1 ( Blue Line ) is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata , West Bengal , India . It consists of 26 operational stations from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash , out of which 9 of
432-505: The stations are elevated, 2 are at-grade and the remaining 15 are underground. With a total distance of 32.13 km (19.96 mi), the line connects Dakshineswar and New Garia and uses 5 ft 6 in ( 1,676 mm ) broad gauge tracks. This line was the first underground railway to be built in India, with the first operations commencing in October 1984 and the full stretch that
456-446: The two depots at Dum Dum & Tollygunge (Now called Mahanayak Uttam Kumar). So metro cars had to be put down on the track near Esplanade by crane, by directly digging the road surface. Initially, only four-car trains were run until 1986. There were no magnetic gates or escalators at that time and ordinary revolving gates served as exits. The Metro too operated on only a single line. Two years later, line 1 extended up to Tollygunge, at
480-689: The well known Kalighat Kali Temple, and the Nakuleshwar Bhairav Temple, considered one of the holiest of the holies in Hindu religion. A club named Bhawanipore FC , founded by Nani Mitra in 1910, stands at the entrance of the Maidan near the Rani Rashmani Statue and presently managed by the Sangbad Pratidin group, represents Bhawanipore in both the domestic and regional tournaments. The club
504-552: Was followed up by Bharati, Indira, Bijoli, Basusree, Kalika, and Ujjwala, right up to the recesses of the Kalighat Temple. They were primarily famous for their screenings of Bengali, English and Hindi movies. However, due to the lack of patronage and drying up of the Bengali film box office in the mid-90s, and the first decade of the 2000s, most of these halls have been closed down. Basusree, Indira and Bijoli are still operational, though
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#1732884004379528-946: Was initially planned being operational by February 1995. On 28 December 2010, Kolkata Metro became the 17th zone of the Indian Railways . Being the country's first, and a completely indigenous process, the construction of the Kolkata Metro Line 1 was more of a trial-and-error affair, in contrast to the Delhi Metro, which has seen the involvement of numerous international consultants. As a result, it took nearly 23 years to completely construct around 15 km (9.3 mi) underground railway from Birpara up to Tollygunge . It connects Line 2 at Esplanade and Line 6 at Kavi Subhash , and will eventually connect Line 3 at Esplanade and Park Street , Line 4 at Noapara and Line 5 at Baranagar . Public transport experts have suggested that
552-435: Was opened and Chandni Chowk – Central section opened three months later. The service from Dum Dum to Tollygunge started in 1995, with Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station , opening in 1996. During this time, more magnetic gates and escalators were added and the revolving gates were slowly phased out. In 2009, a large number of stations on Line 1 were renamed by then Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee . On 22 February 2021,
576-579: Was upgraded to modern standards of town planning. It is located south of the Lower Circular Road (now A.J.C. Bose Road). It is bounded by Lansdown Road (presently Sarat Bose Road ) to the east, Hazra Road to the south and Tolly Nullah to the west. It consists of well-known and posh localities like Elgin Road, Gokhale Road, Woodburn Park, Bakulbagan Road, Harish Mukherjee Road, Townshend Road and parts of Chakraberia and Lansdowne. Bhowanipur police station
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