Park Circus

Park Circus
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Country	India
State	West Bengal
City	Kolkata
KMC Ward	59, 60, 64
Parliamentary constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Assembly constituency	Ballygunge
Elevation	36 ft (11 m)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	700017
Area code(s)	+91 33

Park Circus is an area in Central-East Kolkata. It has Entally and Sealdah to its north, Park Street and Chowringhee to its west, Taltala to its north west, Topsia and Ballygunge to its south and Tangra to its east. It is connected to both Park Street and AJC Bose Road. It is a locality of schools and colleges. Park Circus is currently part of the Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).

It is notable for the following landmarks:

Park Circus is also famous for Durga Pujas - Park Circus Beniapukur, Uddipani and Karaya Park Circus Sarbojonin.

Others places of interest include the Tram Depot and Mughal cuisine restaurants. The traffic roundabout is now a spoke having lost its circular botanical charm in the form of gardens that inevitably had to yield to polluted vehicles. There is considerable history in the three large buildings on the perimeter - Haque Mansion, Queen Mansion and Palace. The buildings (# 2 for Sir Fazlur Rahman, # 3 Bangladesh High Commissioner's ex-residence and #4 (Dr. Shahidullah's Kolkata logding and Hedayet Ali - District Magistrate's residence) along Suhrawardy Avenue have considerable political, fine-arts and culinary history.

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