Tangra, Kolkata
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Tangra is a region in East Kolkata that traditionally housed many tanneries owned by people of Hakka Chinese origin.
Overview
"47 South Tangra Road", may be the most confusing postal address, as it used to cover the whole of Chinatown Tangra with over 350 tanneries. Most of the standing structures have been built, over many years, by the industrious
Amidst the Chinese establishments and restaurants, there is a very old and auspicious 'Kali Mondir'. The temple is situated near Kim Fa restaurant and Relax Foreign Liquor Shop. This temple is visited by both Chinese and Hindu devotees. One needs to be there to experience the spectacle of two cultures harmoniously doing business generation after generation.
Food from Tangra is a distinct variety of traditional Hakka Chinese cuisine adapted to Indian ingredients and the
Kolkata Chinatown is changing rapidly. The population is no longer renewed by waves of migration and many traditional professions such as dentistry, laundry and tannery are no longer the preserve of the Chinese. The West Bengal government, under direction from the Supreme Court, recently moved all tanneries to Bantala, a suburb in the east of
The success of "Hakka style" Chinese food in the rest of India encouraged a migration of many Chinese families to other cities as the economic fortunes of Tangra decayed. Many landmark Chinese eateries, including Nanking, Waldorf, Peiping and Fat Mama have closed or changed hands and fortunes. The once prosperous Calcutta Chinese community is now clearly in decline. However, a boom in Tangra's unique Indian-Chinese food is attracting a lot of attention these days and the cuisine will probably live on in Kolkata and in the global Indian Diaspora.
The Cha Project, is designed to preserve Tiretti Bazaar and develop Tangra.[4]
History
The
In the eastern fringes of Kolkata, the neighbourhoods such as Tangra,
Geography
Police district
Tangra police station is in the Eastern Suburban division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 15, Gobinda Chandra Khatik Road, Kolkata-700015.[9]
Ultadanga Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Suburban division i.e. Beliaghata, Entally, Manicktolla, Narkeldanga, Ultadanga, Tangra and Phoolbagan.[9]
Transport
Bus
Private Bus
- 24 Topsia - Bandhaghat
- 24A Topsia - Bandhaghat
- 213 Ghatakpukur - Babughat
- SD24 Alipore Zoo
Mini Bus
- S166 Tangra - Howrah Station
Train
Metro Rail
Barun Sengupta metro station (also known as Science City), is an under construction station of the Kolkata Metro Line 6 located at Parama Island on the EM Bypass is the nearest metro station.
See also
- Chinese influences on Bengali cuisine
- Hakka Chinese
- Hakka cuisine
- Hakka people
- Indian Chinese cuisine
- Tiretta Bazaar
References
- ^ "Kolkata South district".
- ^ "South 24 Parganas district".
- ^ "Electors Details As On 30-10-2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013.
- ^ "The Cha Project will preserve Kolkata's rich history, not glassed up in a museum but as a tangible, living heritage". The Cha Project. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 6-10: The History. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, first published 1909/reprint 1980, pages 103-4 and 221, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
- ^ Nair, P.Thankappan, The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, pp. 14-15, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
- ISBN 0-19-563697-X
- ^ a b "Kolkata Police". Eastern Suburban Division. KP. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
External links
- Kolkata/East travel guide from Wikivoyage