Garden Reach
| Garden Reach | |
|---|---|
| Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| Parliamentary constituency | South Kolkata |
| Assembly constituency | Kolkata Port |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Garden Reach is a neighbourhood of Kolkata in West Bengal , India.It is situated in the south eastern part of Kolkata near the bank of Hooghly River.[1][2]
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh was kept here.After his release from Fort William, he was allotted a building called BNR house as his residence.[3]
Location
It is situated at the eastern bank of Hoogly river in South East Kolkata.It is located to the west of Kidderpore,east of Metiabruz,Bartala,Rajabagan,Badartala and to the north of Taratala,Behala.
Industries
It is surrounded by many industries and factories.Most famous of these is Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers.
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers is "the premier Warship building Company in India, under the administrative control of Ministry of Defence. GRSE since 1960, has built 92 warships for various roles, starting from state of the art Frigates & Corvettes to Fast Patrol Boats."[4]
- Matrathon Electric Motors India Limited
- Videocon Glass and Appliances Factory
Educational institutions
Schools:
- Kendriya Vidyalaya,[5]
- Arya Parishad Vidyalaya
- Garden Reach Nut Behari Das School
- Garden Reach Maulana Azad High School
College(s):
Post Office
Garden Reach Post Office is located on the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Road named afer the nawab of Oudh.It has PIN code: 700024.
Police Station
The Garden Reach Police Station is located just beside the 1/1A/1B Bus Stand.
Crimes
Garden reach is very famous for crimes and anti-social clashes.
- A police officer, Tapas Choudhury, was shot dead on 11th of february 2013 as members of the students' wings of Indian National Congress and Trinamool Congress violently clashed at Harimohan Ghose College while filling the nomination papers for the students' union election. Four students were injured in the violence.[7][8]
- On March 18 in 1984 during a clash between residents, mob clashed with the police, the cops fired several rounds.As result a deputy commissioner, Vinod Mehta and his bodyguard, Mokhtar Ali was killed.[9][10]
References
- ↑ Garden Reach | Clickindia.com
- ↑ Localitys in Kolkata Blocks in Kolkata Districts in West Bengal | onefivenine.com Explore india
- ↑ Front Page > Calcutta > Story | Telegraph India | SOUMITRA DAS | Date:March 22, 2009
- ↑ Official Website Of GRSE
- ↑ Official Website Of Kendriya Vidya Garden Reach
- ↑ Harimohan Ghosh College Address Sulekha.com
- ↑ Cop killed in firing as student wings of Congress, Trinamool clash during Kolkata college election lndiatoday | Kolkata | Soudhriti Bhabani |12 February 2013
- ↑ Police officer shot dead in violence at Calcutta college over elections The Telegraph | 12 February 13
- ↑ Horror retold: DC lost & found telegraphindia.com | SUVRO ROY | 13 February 2013
- ↑ I didn't want Kolkata to forget Vinod's murder: 1984 victim's widow Times Of india |Subhro Niyogi,TNN | 14 Feb 2013