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The 42 is a residential skyscraper in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India. [7] [8] It is located on Chowringhee Road, the central business district of the city, between the commercial building of Tata Centre and the residential building of Jeevan Sudha. It was first proposed in 2008 but construction was delayed for nearly two years. [9]
Beth El Synagogue is a synagogue located in Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... History of the Jews in India; List of synagogues in India; References
A Baghdadi Jewish man contemplates his heritage, late 20th century. The history of the Jews in Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, in India, began in the late eighteenth century when adventurous Baghdadi Jewish merchants originally from Aleppo and Baghdad chose to establish themselves permanently in the emerging capital of the British Raj.
Kolkata is currently home to around 1,000 completed high-rise buildings, [1] [2] and many more high-rise buildings are under construction. The 42, which was completed in 2019, is currently the tallest building in Kolkata and East India with a height of 260 metres (853 ft) consisting of 65 floors. [3]
Kolkata's Jews are mostly Baghdadi Jews who came to Kolkata to trade. At one point as strong as 6,000, the community dwindled to about 60 after the formation of Israel. Today there are only about 30 Jews left in Kolkata. The first recorded Jewish immigrant to Kolkata was Shalom Cohen in 1798 from Aleppo in present-day Syria.
That building was, in turn, displaced by The 42 in Kolkata, which was also designed by Contractor and architecturally topped out at 260m. [3] He also designed 23 Marina in Dubai , [ 15 ] which was briefly the world's tallest all-residential building, and is currently third behind the nearby Princess Tower and 432 Park Avenue in New York City .
The 42 [20] 260 metres (853 ft) 2019 Residential building Kolkata, West Bengal Imperial 1 [21] 256 metres (840 ft) 2010 Residential building Mumbai, Maharashtra Imperial 2 [21] 256 metres (840 ft) 2010 Residential building Mumbai, Maharashtra Three Sixty West Tower A [22] 255.6 metres (839 ft) 2019 Commercial building: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Kolkata was the capital of the British India until 1911, when the capital was relocated to Delhi. Kolkata grew rapidly in the 19th century to become the second most important city of the British Empire after London and was declared as the financial (commercial) capital of the British India. This was accompanied by the fall of a culture that ...