Kolkata

Howrah

Howrah Bridge is popularly known as Rabindra Setu in West Bengal. Howrah Bridge in Kolkata spans over river Hooghly and is considered to be a marvelous engineering work by the British. The Howrah Bridge is enumerated amongst the busiest cantilever bridge in the World. Howrah Bridge of Kolkata carries traffic of around 60,000 vehicles and innumerable pedestrians daily. The Howrah Bridge links the metropolitan city of Kolkata and Howrah. Thus the Howrah Bridge of Kolkata acts as the lifeline of this metropolitan city. The Howrah Bridge in Kolkata is one of three bridges on the Hooghly River. It is in fact the most sentimental landmark as well as a vital identity of the colonial city.

Birla Industrial museum

Birla Industrial Museum or Birla Industrial and Technological Museum is situated at 19A, Gurusaday Road in South Kolkata.Birla Industrial Museum of Kolkata was founded in 1956. It was initiated by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). It was the untiring effort of Dr. BC Roy, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, that the Birlas gave away the building and the adjacent piece of land. This actually was a property of Satyendranath Tagore. In the year 1978 the Birla Industrial Museum of Kolkata has been brought under the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM). The basic objective of the museum is to evoke the thirst for science and a concept of technology amongst the mass, particularly the students.

Victoria Memorial

The Victoria Memorial of Kolkata is a majestic structure in white marble, modeled on Taj Mahal. The Victoria Memorial was built in memory of Queen Victoria in the early 20th Century. The total expenditure of building Victoria Memorial was around Rs 1,50,000,000. This magnificent structure was designed by Sir William Emerson and inaugurated by the Prince of Wales. located in the southern end of the Kolkata Maidan, the dramatic Victoria Memorial of Kolkata lies close to the Jawaharlal Nehru Road. Set in the middle of the beautiful garden grounds, the Victoria Memorial of Kolkata has a large bronze statue of the Queen Empress. There is a moving angel on the top of the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata facing the Calcutta Maidan.

Marble palace

The Marble Palace in Kolkata is an exquisitely engineered palatial mansion that was built by Raja Rajendra Mullick Bahadur, who was one of the wealthiest landlords of West Bengal in the year 1835. It's sheer magnificence and scintillating artistry will surely captivate you in a state of tranceThis architectural masterpiece is made from the extensive use of Italian marble. The lush green lawn in front of it is clad with statues of Hindu Gods, The Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, the great explorer Christopher Columbus, Lord Buddha and some lions.

National Library

The National library is located at the Belvedere Estate very near to the Alipore Zoo in Kolkata. The National library of Kolkata is the largest library in India.The National library was the residence of the former Lieutenant Governor of West Bengal. The library at present contains almost 2 million books and half a million documents.The National library of Kolkata is considered to be the institution of national importance under the 'Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India'.

Kolkata Port

Kolkata is the oldest major port in the country. But the nucleus of the present day Kolkata Port lies much earlier - with the grant of trading rights to the British Settlement in Eastern India by the Moghal Emperor Aurangzeb. The city of Kolkata, has a synergistic linkage with the port. In course of time the power to rule this vast country passed from the East India Company to the British Crown. The affairs of the Port were brought under the administrative control of the Government with the appoinment of a Port Commission in 1870.