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St. John's Church, originally a cathedral, was among the first public buildings erected by the East India Company after Kolkata (Calcutta) became the effective capital of British India. [1] It is located at the North-Western corner of Raj Bhavan , and served as the Anglican Cathedral of Calcutta till 1847, when the see was transferred to St ...
The Black Hole Memorial, St. John's Church, Calcutta, India. In memoriam of the dead, the British erected a 15-metre (50') high obelisk; it now is in the graveyard of (Anglican) St. John's Church, Calcutta. Holwell had erected a tablet on the site of the 'Black Hole' to commemorate the victims but, at some point (the precise date is uncertain ...
Kolkata is home to the world's oldest active polo club, the Calcutta Polo Club. Situated on the Maidan, the club was founded in 1862 and is the second oldest polo club in the world. Kolkata has yet another polo club in the Fort William Polo Club. The CPC polo grounds are located in the maidan and maintained jointly with the RCTC.
St John’s (Kolkata) Diskussion:St John’s (Kolkata) Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Église Saint-Jean de Calcutta; Usage on pt.wikipedia.org Johann Zoffany; Usage on zh.wikipedia.org 圣约翰堂 (加尔各答)
St. Paul's church replaced St. John's Church, Kolkata (shown above) as the cathedral St. Paul's Cathedral, north façade The Imperial Gazetteer defined the architectural design of the cathedral as "Indo-Gothic", to mean a Gothic architectural style built to meet the climatic conditions of India. [ 10 ]
St. John's Church, Kolkata. After Watts died in 1764, Frances spent the next five years as a widow in England. Once her children were grown up and settled there, she returned to India around 1769, some ten years after having left. This decision was a truly extraordinary one.
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St. James' Church in Entally, Kolkata (Calcutta), India, is one of Kolkata's most elegant churches. Built in 1862, [1] the twin spires of the St. James' Church dominates Kolkata's skyline. It is popularly known as Jora Girja (Bengali: জোড়া গির্জা), literally twin church, for its twin spires.