KOLKATA NEW MARKET - A HISTORICALLY POPULAR AND ESSENTIAL SHOPPING PLACE FOR THE WORLD- ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
If you are a fervent shopaholic, wanderer, explorer and a great foodie, wherever you are, New Market of Kolkata is the best and the most ideal place for you to visit. With more than 3000 shops and stalls, you barely can explore the whole of it in one day. But if you seek to gain some knowledge about it, this article feeds you with all you need to know about the place. Location Initially the enclosed market behind the Oberoi Grand Hotel on the Lindsey Street was termed as the New Market . But in today's parlance the entire shopping area stretching from the Tipu Sultan Masjid in the north to the Indian Museum in the south is called New Market. This is essentially the Esplanade (Dharmatala) area with the Esplanade Metro Station. Timing Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri : 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM Sat : 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM Sun : Closed History During the British India when Calcutta was the capital of the country, s ome of the earliest English quarters of Calc...