The Chotulal Ghat, also known as Chotelal Ki Ghat, is situated next to Jagannath Ghat along the Hoogly River. It was named after Chhotelal Durga Prasad, an eminent lawyer at the Calcutta High Court, at that time. There is a fascinating story behind the construction of this particular Ghat. People say

Jagannanth Ghat is located on the eastern bank of River Hoogly, just to the north of Howrah Bridge. It was beautifully constructed in classical European style by Shobharam Basak, the famous trader and merchant, who became a millionaire by supplying textiles to the East India Company. In all probabilities, Jagannath

The Zenana Ghat was once one of the most beautiful bathing Ghats on River Hoogly, standing with its elegant domes next to Mullick Ghat, hidden behind the Armenian Ghat. It was presumably built in the late 1880’s or early 1890’s by Ramchandra Goenka, father of Sir Badrinath Goenka. A leading

Motilal Seal, also spelt as Mutty Lall Seal in his days, was a self-made business magnet and a generous philanthropist. Born in Calcutta in a Bengali family around 1792, he lost his father at a very early age of five. He started his business career by supplying bottles and corks

During the British rule the Armenians contributed a great deal towards the development of infrastructure, trade and commerce of Calcutta. One among them, Manvel Hazaar Maliyan, was an eminent Calcutta trader, who was involved in the business of multifarious items, mainly spice and precious stones. The elegant  Armreian Ghat was

Babu Ghat (Baje Kadamtala Ghat) is one of the many Ghats built during the British Raj, along the bank of River Hooghly on Strand Road at Kolkata side. In Colonel Mark Wood's Map of 1784, Babu Ghat was the Southern boundary of Dihi (village) Calcutta. Dihi Govindpore started from that point and extended as far as the Adi

James Outram was born on 29th January 1803, in Derbyshire. After the death of his father in 1805, his mother moved to Aberdeenshire in 1810. He joined Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1818 and in the next year an Indian cadarship was given to him. Within a year he became acting adjutant to the

Sir Elijah Impey was designated as the first chief justice of the Supreme Court at Fort William in Bengal on 13th June, 1732.  He became infamous in India for his vindictive judgement against Maharaja Nandakumar. In 1775 he presided at the trial of Maharaja Nandakumar, who was accused by Warren

James Prinsep, the Anglo-Indian scholar, was born on the 20th of August, 1799. He arrived at Calcutta on 15th September, 1819, and joined the service of the East India Company as Assay Master, at the Government mint in Banares under Dr. Horace Hayman Wilson, the eminent Sanscrit Scholar. His responsibility

There was a time, when Chandpal Ghat was the busiest ferry Ghat of Calcutta, and it retained the ‘busiest’ title for quite a long time, until the railways started to operate in the Country. The name of the Ghat was mentioned as the southernmost Ghat on Hooghly, in the ‘Plan