Shyambazar

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Shyambazar is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area, under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police, has been, along with neighbouring Bagbazar, the citadel of the Bengali aristocracy, in a part of what was earlier known as Sutanuti. and the popularity of Shyambazer five point crossing is for the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Shyambazar broadly covers Ward Nos.10, 11, and 12 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.The Japanese dropped a bomb near Hatibagan market during World War II but it did not explode.

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Shyambazar
State Highway 1, Kolkata Chitpur North (Kolkata District)

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N 22.601 °	E 88.374 °

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State Highway 1
700004 Kolkata, Chitpur North (Kolkata District)
West Bengal, India
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