Tipu Sultan Mosque
“Tipu Sultan” (20 November 1750 – 4 May 1799) was the biggest character in Indian history. He was a ruler of Mysore and well known as a scholar and poet. Tipu...
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House of Warren Hastings
First Governor-General of Bengal, who was accused of corruption but after a long fight, he was found not guilty. He was a biggest English statesman, “Warren Hastings”. When he was appointed...
Greek Cemetery Kolkata
Few days back we went to Greek Cemetery in Kolkata. Burial starts here since the late 1800s and before that there was Amratollah st. Church(Calcutta,India), when it was abandoned, earlier...
Sister Nivedita, Her First Girls’ school in Calcutta
28 January 1898 was a Golden day for Indian history, When she arrived in Calcutta, (Now Kolkata) India for the first time and touched our soil. Today when we talk...
Mayo Hospital Dispensary
I don’t know why we are so reluctant to preserve our heritages. Few months back during a photowalk around Chitpur Road (Kolkata, West Bengal, India), I found Mayo Hospital Dispensary....
Maniktala Christian Cemetery & Toru Dutt
Maniktalla Christian Cemetery!! A Lost Cemetery I was astonished during my visit to Maniktalla Christian Cemetery. In every square inch of the graveyard, there was an impression of negligence. Surprisingly,...
Wikipedia Takes Kolkata 3 – Photowalk
Early morning 23rd Feb 2014 I woke up at 5’o clock and Ohhh it’s really tough for a lazy man like me. After finishing few important daily rituals!!! Hahaha!!! I took my camera with few camera accessories, dry food cause I avoid street foods, Water, Cap etc and I was ready to move.