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A large garden house. Prince Dwarkanath Tagore bought it from an Italian around 1823. In 1846, when he died in England, it was discovered that he was heavily in debt due to his extravagant spending. To pay off his debts, his son Debendranath sold Belgachia Villa and other properties.
Baro Kuthi Rajbari, also known as Belgachia Villa/Paikpara Rajbari, is a banquet hall in what is now the Milk Colony area of Belgachia in North Kolkata. Prince Dwarkanath Tagore bought it from an Italian around 1823. In 1856, it was bought by the Singhs, zamindars of Kandi, for 54 thousand rupees.
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Considered one of the most sacred Jain temples of worship in Kolkata. The temple also has a dharamshala equipped with modern facilities.
A parcel of greenery within the area's hustle.
One of the largest overhead water reservoirs in the world, as well as the major water supplier to Kolkata for more than 110 years since its inauguration in May 1911 by Edward Norman Baker, the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. Owned by the KMC, the reservoir is fed by Palta Water Works near Barrackpore and to send the water supply to the city. It covers 3-4 acre with a capacity of 9.9 e6impgal, and weighs 44 e3t at maximum capacity.
A 75 ft masonry tower, built in 1831 for the Great Trigonometrical Survey conducted by George Everest, the namesake of Mount Everest. The tower is still maintained in good condition by the KMC, as a relic of the history of geographic survey in India.