Tiretta Bazaar
22°32′46.29″N 88°23′10.05″E / 22.5461917°N 88.3861250°E
Tiretta Bazaar | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
Chowranghee |
Tiretta Bazaar, also known as Chinatown,
History
The bazaar is named after Edoardo Tiretta,[7] an Italian immigrant from Venice, who was a land surveyor and owner in the area during late 18th-century.[8]
During the time of
One of the earliest records of immigration to India from China can be found in a short treatise from 1820. This records hints that the first wave of immigration was of
According to Alabaster, there were lard manufacturers and shoemakers in addition to carpenters. Running tanneries and working with leather were traditionally not considered "respectable" professions among
Transport
Road
Chittaranjan Avenue (C.R. Avenue) and Rabindra Sarani pass through the area from north to south. Bepin Behari Ganguly Street (B.B. Ganguly Street) and Kshirode Vidyavinode Avenue (New CIT Road[clarification needed]) pass through the area from east to west. Many bus routes follow these roads.[11]
Train
Gallery
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The Chinese New Year celebrated in Chinatown
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An opium den in the Chinatown, Kolkata, 1945
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Chinese New Year Celebration, Kolkata
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Morning Chinese Breakfast at Tiretta Bazar
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Chinese New Year Celebration, Achipur, near Kolkata
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The Chinese New Year celebrated in Kolkata
See also
- Chinese temples in Kolkata
- Chinese of Calcutta
- Tangra, Calcutta
- Indian Chinese cuisine
Notes
- ^ "A Walk Through Kolkata's Chinatown".
- ^ "Indian Chinatown's 'forgotten' history comes alive in Kolkata walking tours". 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Kolkata's Old Chinatown makes it to the World Monuments Fund watch list for 2022". The Times of India.
- ^ Kolkata's vanishing Chinatown - CNN, 17 Aug 2012 Archived 31 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tiretta Bazaar in Kolkata".
- ^ "Calcutta's Chinatown facing extinction over new rule". The Taipei Times. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ Mastro Magno, Alessandro (5 April 2022). "Il conte Edoardo Tiretta, grande seduttore trevigiano di Calcutta (che gli dedica un mercato)". Il Gazzettino.
- Indian Express.
- ^ Telegraph. Archived from the originalon 27 May 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ a b c Haraprasad, Ray (16 November 2014). "The Chinese". Banglapedia. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ Google maps