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This is one of the city's favorite spaces for books and book parties. There's a wide range of titles in English, as well as some in Indian languages and in French. The in-house café, Cha Bar, serves teas and light bites and overlooks the street below.
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Visible from Indira Gandhi Sarani (Red Road), the monument consists of three tall granite columns upholding the insignia of the Eastern Command. The wall behind the monument has names of military personnel of the Command who martyred in 1962 and 1967 Sino-Indian wars, the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war, and various counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations.
গড়ের মাঠ Goṛer Māṭh
The main part of the Maidan, and this is what most people think of when they hear "Maidan"; an open ground surrounded by the Vijay Durg at the west, Chowringhee at the east and the Victoria Memorial at the south. It is also the venue of major political meetings and rallies in Kolkata.
শহীদ মিনার Shohīd Minār, formerly Ochterlony Monument
Locally known as the "Monument", the British-era memorial pillar is 48 meters high. It is rededicated to the Indian freedom activists in 1969 and the monument was renamed Shaheed Minar.
বিড়লা তারামণ্ডল Biṛlā Tārāmoṇḍol
One of the oldest planetaria in India. The only planetarium in the country whose dome houses a collection of projectors and optical equipment expensively imported from the erstwhile East Germany. It is the largest planetarium in South Asia and the second largest in the world. Daily shows in English, Hindi and Bengali. The central dome measures 25 m in diameter.