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15 hours ago · Though this definition has appeared on the website for many years, the municipal body has yet to declare any area of Calcutta as a heritage precinct. “It is a matter of shame that Calcutta, one of the great cities of modernity, has no heritage precincts,” said writer Amit Chaudhuri, who is the founder-member of Calcutta Architectural Legacies (CAL), a group of heritage activists in the city.
Sep 13, 2024 · The attempt to declare Dalhousie Square as a heritage precinct was first taken in 2005 when conservation architect Manish Chakraborti made a presentation titled ‘Dalhousie Square Calcutta: A Heritage of the Nation’.
May 8, 2015 · The first reason for this is the vivid way in which the history of a unique Bengali modernity is represented by Calcutta’s buildings from the last century to the 1950s. The second reason is that, as Duflo points out, these buildings and precincts are the very things that will attract the international visitor to the city.
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May 10, 2015 · The first reason for this is the vivid way in which the history of a unique Bengali modernity is represented by Calcutta’s buildings from the last century to the 1950s. The second reason is that,...
May 3, 2023 · In a letter, several eminent persons said that the Benoy Badal Dinesh Bag (Dalhousie Square) and College Square areas in Kolkata should be declared as heritage precincts, since historic...
May 4, 2023 · Eminent academicians, writers and civil society activists of Kolkata have written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to declare certain areas of the city, which are both...
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Jan 23, 2021 · “We request you to immediately stop the demolition of houses on Ballygunge Park, which should, along with the surrounding areas, be declared a heritage precinct as it is architecturally sensitive,” the residents stated in the letter to municipal commissioner Binod Kumar.
