Prince Anwar Shah Road

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Prince Anwar Shah Road has been named after Prince Gulam Mohammed Anwar Shah, one of Tipu Sultan's 12 sons!

Taking a peep into history, in the aftermath of the death of Tipu Sultan, during the battle of Mysore, the then British rulers threw all the dozen sons of Tipu into prison at Vellore, from where they were shifted to another prison in Calcutta in 1807, suspecting that they had powered an abortive rebellion in Vellore jail. That's how Tipu's descendants landed in Kolkata.

[edit] Landmarks

Eastern Metropolitan Bypass Connector
South City Residential Complex
Navina Cinema Hall
Jadavpur Police Station

It starts from the Gariahat Road and connects to Tollygunge on the west, puts posh south Kolkata neighbourhood Jodhpur Park on its right and then runs through Lake Gardens before finally hitting Tollygunge.

The South City mini-township is located on a 31.14 acre site on Prince Anwar Shah Road in the heart of South Kolkata, just opposite Jodhpur Park. It is minutes away from top city clubs like RCGC and Tollygunge Club, hospitals such as AMRI and EEDF and a stone’s throw from the Metro stations at Tollygunge and Rabindra Sarobar and the connector to EM Bypass and Lake Gardens flyover.

The much-awaited Prince Anwar Shah Road connector to the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass was successfully thrown open to the public on March 1 2007.

The two-lane road will be a shorter alternative to the Rashbehari Avenue connector for motorists approaching the Bypass from the southern part of the city. Officials of the CMDA claim it will take less than six minutes to reach the Bypass from the crossing of Prince Anwar Shah Road and Raja SC Mullick Road, which is a continuation of Gariahat Road.