Watgunge

Watgunge is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Watgunge
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Watgunge
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22.548323°N 88.323654°E / 22.548323; 88.323654
Country India
StateWest Bengal
CityKolkata
DistrictKolkata
Municipal CorporationKolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward75, 76
Population
 • TotalFor population see linked KMC ward page
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code(s)+91 33
Lok Sabha constituencyKolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKolkata Port

Etymology

Watgunge is named after Colonel Henry Watson (1737–1786), who set up the first dockyard in Bengal.[1]

History

Colonel Watson started building the shipbuilding docks in 1779 in the present Watgunge area.[2]

Watgunge was included in the Kolkata municipal area in 1888.[3]

In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Watgunge.[4]

Geography

Police district

Watgunge police station is part of the Port division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 16 Watgunge Street, Kolkata-700023.[5]

Watgunge Women police station, located at the same address as above, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Port division i.e. North Port, South Port, Watgunge, West Port, Garden Reach, Ekbalpur, Nadial, Rajabagan and Metiabruz.[5]

References
  1. Nair, P.Thankappan, The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, p. 20, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
  2. Ghosh, Siddhartha, "Calcutta’s Industrial Archaeology", in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, p. 247, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
  3. Bagchi, Amiya Kumar, "Wealth and Work in Calcutta: 1860-1921", in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, p. 213, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
  4. Nair, P.Thankappan, The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, pp. 18-19, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
  5. "Kolkata Police". Port Division. KP. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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