Kasba, Kolkata
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Kasba is an upscale and standard locality of
History
'Kasba' means hamlet in
The locality is served by the
But the rowdy image of the locality persisted when, in 1982, some communists murdered 17 members of the
A recent and more remarkable development for Kasba was the linking of the
The first developments took place around the junction of the Rash Behari Connector and the
Apart from all these, Kasba has also become renowned for two of the biggest and well known Durga Pujas organised nowadays - the Kasba Bosepukur Shitala Mandir and Rajdanga Naba Uday Sangha, which draws thousands of people from across the city and state. Also, Dharmatala United Club's Kali Puja is a very big budget Puja in Kasba. Procession of this Puja is also worth watching.
Geography
Police district
Kasba police station is in the South Suburban division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 27-A, Bosepukur Road, Kolkata-700042.[8]
Patuli Women police station has jurisdiction over all police districts under the jurisdiction of South Suburban Division i.e. Netaji Nagar, Jadavpur, Kasba, Regent Park, Bansdroni, Garfa and Patuli.[8]
Jadavpur, Thakurpukur, Behala, Purba Jadavpur, Tiljala, Regent Park, Metiabruz, Nadial and Kasba police stations were transferred from South 24 Parganas to Kolkata in 2011. Except Metiabruz, all the police stations were split into two. The new police stations are Parnasree, Haridevpur, Garfa, Patuli, Survey Park, Pragati Maidan, Bansdroni and Rajabagan.[9]
Educational institutions
- Dolna Day School
- Delhi Public School, Ruby Park
- Garden High School
- Academy for Musical Excellence, AMEC Music School Kolkata
- Silver Point School
- The Heritage School, Kolkata
- Naba Ballygange Mahavidyalaya
- Birla Institute of Technology
- Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology
- Chittaranjan High School (Boys & Girls separate schools)
- Kasba Balika Vidyalaya
- Vivekananda Vidyaniketan
- KidZee School
- Lakshya Educational and Social Activities
- D. Little Names
- Joydeep Karmakar Shooting Academy
- Jagadish Bidyapith for girls and boys separate school
- Modern high school
- South Calcutta Law college
Important establishments
- Ruby General Hospital, Kasba Golpark
- Desun Hospital
- Siemens, Rash Behari Connector
- Meghalaya House, Rash Behari Connector beside Siemens office
- Academy for Musical Excellence, AMEC Music School Kolkata
- Unitech chambers and mall
- Genesis Hospital
- Kasba New Market or South end conclave
- Purba Abasan
- Acropolis building (near DPS or Garden High School) with Acropolis mall and Cinepolis movie plex
- Himalaya opticals
- Sumit Dey
- Khadims (shoe shop)
- Arambag near Narkel bagan
- Bosepukur shitala mandir
- GKB Opticals
- RENE store
- Druhin Basu
Restaurants and eateries
- Blue's Eatery
- Ming's Restaurant
- H2O Restaurant
- Punjabee Rasoi (Near Acropolis Mall)
- Aamaze Hotel and Dhaba
- Machli Baba Fried
References
- ^ "South 24 Parganas district".
- ^ "Electors Details As On 30-10-2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013.
- ^ "KMC Wards in South 24 Parganas".
- ^ "Bijon Setu".
- ^ "Bridges of Kolkata".
- ^ "Justice weeps silently and furtively". Archived from the original on 16 March 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2006.
- ^ Google maps
- ^ a b "Kolkata Police, South Suburban Division". Kasba police station. KP. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Midnight change of guard – 17 more police stations come under Lalbazar". The Telegraph, 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
External links
Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage