1696 and 1706

William fort

This was the first British building in Kolkata. It was named after King William III and constructed between 1696 and 1706. After the attack by the
Nawab of Bengal - Siraj ud Daulah - in 1756, the British decided to relocate their fort to present day Maidan. The reconstruction of the Fort cost
the British Empire a dear Rs 2 million pounds. It is now owned by the Indian Army. Civilian entry to the Fort is restricted but there's an incredible
view from the ghats of the Hooghly with great ice-cream to go with the view!

1785

Jorasanko Thakur Bari

(Bengali: House of the Thakurs (anglicised to Tagore) in Jorasanko, north of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is the ancestral home of the Tagore
family. It is currently located on the Rabindra Bharati University campus at 6/4 Dwarakanath Tagore Lane[1] Jorasanko, Kolkata 700007.[2] It is
the house in which the poet and first non-European Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore was born. It is also the place where he spent most
of his childhood and died on 7 August 1941.

1799 and 1803

Raj Bhavan
Raj Bhavan serves as the residence of Governor of West Bengal. It was constructed between the period of 1799 and 1803 during the office of Marquess
Wellesley, the then Governor-General of India. Raj Bhavan during the bygone era was the representative of the British imperialism. The monument is
famed for having the first ever elevator of Kolkata. The architecture and the decor of the monument have a majestic appeal.

1813

Kolkata Town Hall

Kolkata Town Hall was constructed in the year 1813 in Roman Doric architectural style. It was built with the purpose of providing a place to the Europeans
for social gatherings. The fund for its building was raised through a lottery. In the year 1867, the hall came under the custody of Calcutta Municipality and
in 1897 it was renovated partly.

1835

Marble palace

Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007. It is one
of the best-preserved and most elegant houses of nineteenth-century Calcutta. [1] The mansion is famous for its marble walls, floors, and
sculptures, from which it derives its name.

1847

St. Paul's Cathedral

St. Paul's Cathedral, erected in 1847, is a magnificent testament of Gothic Revival style of architecture. The building was constructed by Bishop Daniel
Wilson during the colonial era. The church is beautifully adorned with stained glass windows and frescoes. St. Paul's Cathedral forms one of the major
tourist attractions of the city.

1854

Howrah Station
Howrah Station was structured during the British reign in 1854. The same year also marked the running of first train from the station to Pandua. It was
built as an effort to create the second railway link from Kolkata to Bardhaman coalfields. Previously a single line track was made in the station for the
purpose of transporting goods only, which later on extended in 80s to incorporate 8 more platforms. Since then it has undergone several phases of
renovation and has presently emerged as one of the largest railway terminals of the country.

1862

Calcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court, established in 1862, is the oldest high courts of India build during the British rule of India. The court has jurisdiction
over the state of West Bengal and the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In architectural terms the building is the
exact replica of the Cloth Hall, Ypres, in Belgium. Barnes Peacock was the first Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.

1864

Eden garden

India's largest cricket stadium by seating capacity and the most-loved cricket destination in India has
seen jubilation and tears alike over the pages of cricket history. It is also the second-largest cricket
stadium in the world! The stadium was built in 1864 and named after the 'Garden of Eden' in the
Bible. Over the years, Eden Gardens has been called "Colosseum for cricket".

1864

General Post Office

General Post Office is another spectacular British monument of Kolkata which handles the city's major outbound and inbound parcels and mails. The
massive structure was constructed by Walter B. Grenville in 1864. The building is noted for its tall Ionic-Corinthian pillars and high domed roof. In 1884 a
postal museum was also built which exhibits an enormous collection of stamps and artefacts.

1883

Star theatre

Built in 1883, this is among the first commercial cinema halls in Kolkata. The first Bengali motion
pictures were screened here and despite a fire that nearly destroyed the building, most of it has been
restored by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The interiors are quite contemporary despite the
building's heritage appearance. Plays are still staged here on two days of the week.

1889

Writers Building
Writers Building is one of the most beautiful testaments of classical European architecture which presently serves as the secretariat of the West Bengal
State Government. This colossal building attained its structure in 1889 and then served as the government agency for British East India Company.
Presently the building houses a number of departments of state government.

1906-1921

Victoria memorial

The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India, which was built between 1906 and
1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria (18191901) and is now a museum and tourist destination under the auspices of
the Ministry of Culture.[2] The memorial lies on the maidan (grounds) by the bank of the Hooghly River, near Jawaharlal Nehru road.[3]

1930s

Park Street

(officially Mother Teresa Sarani and earlier Burial Ground Road), is a famous thoroughfare in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India.
The street runs through what was a deer park of Sir Elijah Impey, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Calcutta from 1773 to 1789, hence
the earlier name. Its current official name was given by Kolkata Municipal Corporation in honour of Mother Teresa.

1943

Howrah bridge
Howrah Bridge is a bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India.
Commissioned in 1943,[8][10] the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it
replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata (Calcutta).
On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu after the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who
was the first Indian and Asian Nobel laureate.[10] It is still popularly known as the Howrah Bridge.

1953

National library
The National Library on the Belvedere Estate in Alipore, Kolkata,[2] is the largest library in India by volume and India's library of public
record.[3][4][5] It is under the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Government of India. The library is designated to collect,
disseminate and preserve printed material produced in India. The library is situated on the scenic 30-acre (12 ha) Belvedere Estate. It is the
largest in India with a collection in excess of 2.2 million books. [6] Before independence, it was the official residence of Lt. Governor of Bengal.
The National Library of India is the countys largest library and the library of public record. The library operates under the national
governments Department of Culture and is designated to collect, disseminate, and preserve all printed material produced in India, and all
foreign works published about the countrywhere every work about Indiacan be seen and read (Murray, 2009). The National Library is a
result of the merging of the public library with the Imperial Libraryseveral government libraries. The National Library (1953), then the
Imperial Library housed several foreign (British) and Indian titles and was open to the public. Of further note, the National Library of India
collects book, periodicals, and titles in virtually all the Indian languages, with Hindi, Kashmiri, Punjab, Sindhi, Telugu, and Urdu maintaining
the largest stacks (Murray, 2009). The Special Collections in the National Library of India house at least fifteen languages including
Assamese, Bengali, Gujaratiand Tamil with many rare works (Murray, 2009). The Hindi department has books that date back all the way to
the nineteenth century and the first ever books printed in that language. The collections break down and consist of 86,000 maps and 3,200
manuscripts.[7]