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Kolkata, India

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Esplanade Mansions Reviews | Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars (3 reviews)

Esplanade Mansions is located in Kolkata, India on Esplanade Mansion, Sido Kanhu Dahar, Chowringhee North, Bow Barracks. Esplanade Mansions is rated 4.8 out of 5 in the category monument maker in India.

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Esplanade Mansion, Sido Kanhu Dahar, Chowringhee North, Bow Barracks

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Dola Sundeep

Esplanade Mansions: The Grand Palace of the City If Calcutta was once called the city of palaces, it is more likely it owed its name to stately buildings like Esplanade Mansions. Despite being a residential block there is nothing mundane about the existence of this imposing building which looks as stately as the public buildings which stand in the neighbourhood. Located at the corner of Esplanade Row East and Old Court House Street overlooking the Raj Bhavan and the Maidan, it is certainly one of the cynosures of this city. Esplanade Mansions were built in 1910 by contractors Martin & Co. This was one of the many illustrious properties in Calcutta which was owned by Elias Ezra, a well known Jewish business magnate. Ezra had amassed great wealth and respect in Calcutta. He was appointed Commissioner of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation in 1876 and was a member of the Road and Conservancy Committee. The Megan David Synagogue at Canning Street which is considered to be Kolkata’s finest synagogue was also established by Ezra. Montague Massey wrote “The extensive pile of buildings that confronts us at the outset was as we know, erected by Mr Ezra on the spot formally occupied by Scott Thompson’s shop and the two adjoining houses, the one nearest being the residence of the manager of the firm and the other for a considerable time by Morrison & Cottle, the saddlers. The mansions contain 24 flats.” In league with other massive colossal structures in the city including Chowringhee Mansions and Ezra Mansions it was built in an era when labour was considerably cheap. The ancient tank it overlooked has been long filled in, to make way for Curzon Park.

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Prodipto Karmakar

The Esplanade was the name given to the northern portion of jungle, which later formed the Maidan. In olden days, it stretched from Dhurmotollah (now Lenin Sarani) to Chandpal Ghat on the Hooghly river. In the days of Warren Hastings, it formed a favourite promenade for 'elegant walking parties'. The first pictures of the area is at the end of eighteenth century by Daniell and William Baillie. The old Government House and the Council House were conspicuous objects in each drawing. He also presented an addition view in the shape of two elephants with a crowd of attendants. Bourne & Shepherd, photographic studio was established here in 1867 by British photographers, Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd. The strengthening of British power, subsequent to their victory in the Battle of Plassey was followed by the construction of the new Fort William, in 1758. The European inhabitants of Kalikata gradually forsook the narrow limits of the old palisades and moved to around the Maidan. The first recorded soccer match in Kolkata was played on the Esplanade in the second week of April 1858 between the Calcutta Club of Civilians and the 'Gentlemen of Barrakpur'. There had been matches earlier but those were not documented. Esplanade is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This is not a conventional esplanade in the sense that the place is not exactly situated alongside a waterbody. However, the Ganga river (Ganges), also known as Hooghly river, flows nearby.

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Kallol Ghosh

Esplanade Mansion is undoubtedly one of the majestic and beautiful structures of Kolkata. Thus it attracts tourists and enthusiasts.It was in 1910, the gorgeous structure was built at the crossing of Esplanade Row (East) and Old Court House Street.

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