Raj Heritage Walk

Raj Heritage Walk

This is a Story Walk & one of our most popular tours, certified by so many travelers through the years! If you like listening to stories about the Raj days and Kolkata then this is your tour! It is a very interesting story of how the British started trading in this part of the world rivalling earlier European entrants. Many a booming cannon later, they became the leading traders. What followed was a small fort, a big port, a great battle, many changing fortunes and lots of colonial cunning & politics. The East India Company & later the Flag of the Empire gave a lot of importance to Calcutta for its trading, political and administrative clout. She was after all the Capital of British India for a long time & arguably the second most important city in the Empire. Along with Defense & Administration came institutions for Entertainment, Education & Emancipation. The light of European renaissance came as an ambient source & later cascaded into its own indigenous, self generating brightness.

Itinerary
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Pass By: Writers' Building, BBD Bagh N Dalhousie Square, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700001 India

Enjoy the front facade view of this historic heritage building and listen to some fantastic stories associated with it

Pass By: General Post Office, B B D Bagh, Kolkata (Calcutta) 700001 India

See the grand colonial building and listen to some fascinating stories of the Raj associated with it

Pass By: Kolkata Collector Office, 11, Netaji Subhas Rd, Fairley Place, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

Enjoy the Colonial Architecture

Pass By: Calcutta High Court, 3, Esplanade Row W, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

Marvellous Architecture, stories of colonial past and reliving the Raj

Pass By: Town Hall, Kolkata (Calcutta) India

The grandiose facade, the story behind the building and appreciating Calcutta (Kolkata) was the Capital of British India

Pass By: Raj Bhavan, Near Sahid Minar, Kolkata (Calcutta) India

Fascinating stories of the Viceroys', the architecture, the lifestyle and lavish parties......remember, this is a walking tour to take you back into another time period!

Pass By: Treasury Building (AG Bengal), Treasury Building, 2, Government Pl W, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

Stories about the Spences Hotel and more

Pass By: Central Telegraph Office, 8, Red Cross Pl, Lal Dighi, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

The Stories about "Daed Letters", Semaphores, Telegrams in the backdrop of a majestic building which served as the Country HQ for the department.

Pass By: কারেন্সি বিল্ডিং, 11B, Dalhousie, Lal Dighi, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

Stories about Banking, Monuments and Currency in India

Pass By: Lal Dighi Park, Netaji Subhas Rd, Fairley Place, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

The Tank Square, the naming of the location from Tank Square to Dalhousie Square to BBD Bag and the associated Stories. The stories about The Battle of Plassey, Clive of India and more....

Pass By: Royal Insurance Building, 5, Binoy Badal Dinesh Bag South, Fairley Place, BBD Bagh, Fairley Place, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

Reliving the Raj Era

Pass By: Metcalf Hall, 12, Strand Rd, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

The Imperial Library, a colonial grand building inspired by the Tower of Winds in Athens. A lovely exhibition awaits you here for you to peruse in leisure after completing your walk, if you should so desire.

Pass By: Standard Life Assurance Building, No.32, Lal Bazar, Hare St, Lal Dighi, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

Fascinating Building with interesting stories, especially for the stucco artwork, ornamental figurines and multidomed towers

Pass By: Job Charnock's Mausoleum, 2/2, Council House St, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

The British termed him the founder of Kolkata. Set in the premises of the St John's Church it ought to be a must visit place for visitors to Calcutta

Pass By: Black Hole Monument (Holwell Monument), 3, Church Ln, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001, India

You have heard so much about the Black Hole of Calcutta. What might have happened? What could have been the truth, the untruth, the despicable acts and the unabashed propaganda?