RABINDRA SADAN TO PARK STREET DRIVE | RED ROAD | ESPLANADE | SHAKESPEARE SARANI | PARK STREET

RABINDRA SADAN TO PARK STREET DRIVE | RED ROAD | ESPLANADE | SHAKESPEARE SARANI | PARK STREET

A Beautiful Road Trip, Kolkata, Started from Rabindra sadan to Park street via Cathedral road, Queens Way, Red Road, Mayo road, Esplanade Crossing, Shakespeare Sarani, park street.
Red Road: Indira Gandhi Sarani, formerly Red Road, is a road in Central Kolkata that runs from Eden Gardens (Rashmoni Avenue-Gostho Paul Sarani Junction) to Fort William West Gate (Dufferin Road-Outram Road Junction). South of Fort William West Gate, Red Road becomes Casuarina Road/Khiddirpore Road.The road, a wide boulevard, was built in 1820. It bisects the Kolkata Maidan.The British authorities intended for the road to be able to host large parades.The name 'Red Road' was given due to its surfacing.


Republic Day Parade on Red Road
During the Second World War, the road, in the heart of Calcutta, served as a landing strip for Fighter aircraft.The annual Kolkata Marathon starts from the outside of the Rangers Club on Red Road.The name 'Indira Gandhi Sarani' was adopted in 1985

Park street : Park Street, officially known as Mother Teresa Sarani, is a famous thoroughfare in downtown 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. It's located in central Kolkata.
Park Street, officially known as Mother Teresa Sarani, is a famous thoroughfare in downtown 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. It's located in central Kolkata.

Shakespeare Sarani (earlier Theatre Road) is a street running in the central business district of Kolkata, India, from Park Circus to Chowringhee Road (Birla Planetarium). It was renamed on 24 April 1964 after William Shakespeare, to mark the fourth birth centenary of the legendary playwright. It is considered to be a high street of Kolkata with many commercial establishments, offices, shops and restaurants situated by the road. It intersects with other important roads in the CBD like Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Camac Street, Loudon Street and Rawdon Street. Few other roads like, Little Russel Street, Wood Street, Picasso Bithi & Lord Sinha Road criss-crosses or merge into Shakespeare Sarani from North or South. West of Birla Planetarium crossing, Shakespeare Sarani becomes Queen's Way.