place

New Market, Kolkata

Buildings and structures in KolkataEconomy of KolkataMarkets in IndiaRetail markets in IndiaRoad junctions in India
Shopping districts and streets in IndiaSquares in IndiaUse Indian English from December 2018
New Market, Kolkata, 2011
New Market, Kolkata, 2011

The New Market, formerly known as Sir Stuart Hogg Market, is a market in Kolkata situated on Lindsay Street, beside Free School Street (Mirza Ghalib Street/Rani Rasmoni Road). Although primarily "New Market" referred to the original enclosed market, today in local parlance, the entire shopping area is often known as "New Market".

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article New Market, Kolkata (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

New Market, Kolkata
Humayun Place, Kolkata Dharmatala (Kolkata)

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: New Market, KolkataContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 22.5603 ° E 88.3531 °
placeShow on map

Address

New Market (Sir Stuart Hogg Market)

Humayun Place
700001 Kolkata, Dharmatala (Kolkata)
West Bengal, India
mapOpen on Google Maps

linkWikiData (Q7010004)
linkOpenStreetMap (213852696)

New Market, Kolkata, 2011
New Market, Kolkata, 2011
Share experience

Nearby Places

Indian Museum, Kolkata
Indian Museum, Kolkata

The Indian Museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India, also referred to as the Imperial Museum of Calcutta in colonial-era texts, is the ninth oldest museum in the world, the oldest and largest museum in India as well as in Asia. It has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies and Mughal paintings. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, in 1814. The founder curator was Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist. It has six sections comprising thirty five galleries of cultural and scientific artifacts namely Indian art, archaeology, anthropology, geology, zoology and economic botany. Many rare and unique specimens, both Indian and trans-Indian, relating to humanities and natural sciences, are preserved and displayed in the galleries of these sections. In particular the art and archaeology sections hold collections of international importance. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The present Director of the Indian Museum is Shri Arijit Dutta Choudhury who is also the Director General, NCSM and having the additional charge of Director General of National Library.Administrative control of the Cultural sections, viz. Art, Archaeology and Anthropology rests with the Board of Trustees under its Directorate, and that of the three other science sections is with the geological survey of India, the zoological survey of India and the Botanical survey of India. The museum Directorate has eight co-ordinating service units: Education, preservation, publication, presentation, photography, medical, modelling and library. This multipurpose institution with multidisciplinary activities is being included as an Institute of national importance in the seventh schedule of the Constitution of India.