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The place became a meeting place for the poets, artistes, literati and people from the world of art and culture. In 1958, the management decided to shut down the Coffee House, but it was re-opened the same year, after professors of Presidency College and Calcutta University rushed off a special petition to the government, to save the heritage ...
The company's first restaurant was started in 1992 in Mumbai and was called "Only Fish". In 1994, the company started two new brands "Oh! Calcutta" and "Mainland China" (both in Mumbai). The first outlet of Mainland China was started in Saki Naka. In 2012, the company got listed on BSE and NSE stock exchanges of India. [5]
University of Calcutta, established in 1857, and the first university (to be established as a secular multidisciplinary university) in South Asia. Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, established in 1835, the first college of European medicine in Asia. The Sanskrit College and University, established in 1824, and Sanskrit Collegiate School.
New Market, formally known as Sir Stuart Hogg Market, [2] is a market complex in Kolkata situated on Lindsay Street at Dharmatala.Although primarily "New Market" referred to the original enclosed market, but in local parlance, the entire shopping area along with the market complex is known as "New Market".
The bazaar is named after Edoardo Tiretta, [7] an Italian immigrant from Venice, who was a land surveyor and owner in the area during late 18th-century. [8]During the time of Warren Hastings, the first governor-general of British India, a businessman by the name of Tong Achew established a sugar mill, along with a sugar plantation at Achipur, 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Calcutta, on the bank of ...
Nahoum & Sons Pvt. Limited (Bengali: নাহুম অ্যান্ড সন্স প্রাইভেট লিমিটেড) is an Indian bakery shop situated in West Bengal.
Calcutta Club (Bengali: কলকাতা ক্লাব) is an elite gentlemen's club located on Lower Circular Road in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. It was established in 1907 and the first president of the club was the Maharajah of Cooch Behar , Sir Nripendra Narayan .
The Gallery of HMS 'Calcutta' (Portsmouth), also known as Officer and Ladies on Board HMS Calcutta, is an 1876 oil painting by the French artist James Tissot. It depicts two ladies in fashionable clothing and a young naval lieutenant , standing on the quarter gallery at the stern of the Royal Navy warship HMS Calcutta .