Ballygunge Circular Road

Ballygunge Circular Road

One of the most important roads, Ballygunge Circular Road runs through the upscale part of Ballygunge in South Kolkata. Starting with the Ballygunge Science College right off Gariahat Road, it winds it way up past landmarks like Tripura House, [http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/2292/index.html St Lawrence High School] etc. before meeting Gurusaday Dutta Road about a mile up the road. It then finally meets AJC Bose Road a bit further up. A large military camp (known as Ballygunge Maidan Camp) is located on the North-Western stretch of the road, starting right after the David Hare Training College and ending at the intersection of Chakraberia Road.

Localities

It is surrounded by nice residential houses in the vicinity of Tripura House, mainly in the stretch between the Science College and St. Lawrence High School. Many prominent residential spots like Vedant Apartments, on the plot that used to house legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen’s bungalow, have sprung up recently. Ballygunge Circular Road is surrounded by other upscale and posh areas of Ballygunge like Gurusaday Dutt Road,Lovelock Street,Rowland Row,Ritchie Road and Rainey Park.

There are other landmarks such as Kendriya Vidyalaya here.

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Landmarks

# Ballygunge Science College
# St Lawrence High School
# Ballygunge Maidan Camp
# Kendriya Vidyalaya
# Tripura House

Restaurants

* Red Hot Chili Pepper [http://kolkata.explocity.com/Info/showchannelnew.asp?city=KOL&channelid=3456&Did=3500]
* Thai Tonight 24542036 [http://kolkata.explocity.com/Info/showchannelnew.asp?city=KOL&channelid=3456&Did=3500]
* Restaurant Listing [http://www.ilovekolkata.in/content/view/481/524]

External links

# [http://www.indianetzone.com/13/university_calcutta.htm Ballygunge Science College]
# [http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/2292/index.html St Lawrence High School]
# [http://www.sloba.net/ St Lawrence High School]

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