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1865

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The Strand Road, Calcutta in 1865

The Strand Road, Calcutta in 1865 — Unknown

The Strand Road extends along the Kolkata's Hooghly river from the northern point of Chandpaul Ghaut to beyond Fort William and Prinsep's Ghaut, near Tolly's Nulla. The Road was part of Marquess Wellesley's scheme for the embankment of the river.

Photograph by Bourne and Shepherd