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A heritage building constructed in 1933.
Nizam Palace is a tier A heritage building on AJC Bose Road in Kolkata, the capital of Indian state of West Bengal. It was constructed in 1933. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, acquired it as his Kolkata residence from a businessman of Armenian descent, Johannes Carapie, also known as J. C. Galstaun (1859–1947). Its former guests included King Edward VIII. The palace was used as a hospital during World War I.
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The yellow-coloured Bhowanipore residence of the Oscar-winning filmmaker is a popular landmark.
নেতাজি ভবন Netāji Bhobon
A heritage building maintained as a memorial and research centre to the life of the Indian nationalist Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Netaji's bedroom was on the first floor, shared with his father. Netaji's footsteps from the bedroom to the outside as part of the Great Escape of 1941 are also painted here, where he escaped from house arrest to gather foreign support for the Indian independence movement. The museum also showcases the car that Netaji's nephew drove him all the way to Gomoh, along with a collection of rare photographs, letters, and Netaji's clothes. There's a small bookshop with different publications by the Netaji Bureau, along with the recordings of Netaji's speeches.
An iconic landmark in Kolkata, representing the elite (babu) Bengal with rich history and culture.
The former home of the Indian freedom activist and the first Education Minister of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Maulana Azad's work interpreting the mystic Sarmad, a member of Prince Dara Shikoh's court, is also a cornerstone of the secular tradition in India. The museum is replete with narrations of his life, times, work, personal archives, and belongings.
Inaugurated in 1959 as the first popular science museum in Asia. It is a modern museum with lots of interesting artefacts, shows, events, and activities, primarily popular with school-going children. Its collection of old gramophones, sound recorders, telephones, steam engines, road rollers, and other industrial machinery of the period 1880–1950 is very significant. It also actively organises summer camps, awareness programmes, and astronomy observations for schoolchildren. The exhibitions, many of them demanding you to take an active part, can compete with those you could visit in countries like the United States.