Victoria Memorial, is a huge white-marble structure and the most enduring remnant of the British Raj in India. The structure, which is now floodlit in the night, It has been now converted into a museum that houses the most impressive collection of memorabilia's from the days of the British Raj.
The Eden Gardens is India's biggest cricket stadium, and one of the most famous cricket venues in the world. Established in 1864, Eden Gardens currently holds 90,000 people following renovations, which have reduced the capacity from its previous one of 120,000. Nevertheless, it remains joint 22nd with Wembley Stadium in the list of largest stadiums in the world. It is also the second biggest cricket stadium in the world, behind the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It is also the second largest stadium in India behind the Salt Lake Stadium.
Indian Museum, This was the first museum of its kind in Asia. From 1814 to 1878, it was located at the premises of Asiatic Society in Kolkata, but has since moved to its own premises in the city. It occupies a resplendent mansion, and exhibits among others: an Egyptian mummy, the Buddhist stupa from Bharhut, the Buddha's ashes, the Ashoka pillar, whose three-lion symbol became the official emblem of the Republic of India, fossil skeletons of prehistoric animals like dinosaurs, an art collection, rare antiques, and a collection of meteorites.It is also the largest museum in the country and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings.
St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata, India, stands on the "island of attractions" in Kolkata - beside Victoria Memorial, Nandan - Rabindra Sadan theatre complex, and the Birla Planetarium. The building was initiated by Bishop Daniel Wilson in 1839 and was completed in 1847,[1] in Gothic Revival style with stained glass windows and two frescoes in Florentine Renaissance style. A military engineer, Major William Nairn Forbes, designed the cathedral with the assistance of C.K. Robinson, modelling the tower and spire upon the Norwich Cathedral. The tower was rebuilt along the lines of Bell Harry Tower in Canterbury Cathedral following the 1934 Calcutta earthquake.
Princep Ghat is one of Kolkata's oldest recreation spot even though it has lost much of its charm. Yet, it is still a marvelous place where tourists can spend hours together sitting on the benches and watching the uncluttered Kolkata life pass by gently. On the distant horizon, the magnificent Howrah Bridge and the the awesome Vidyasagar Setu makes for a kaleidoscopic vignette.
Kolkata tram has entered into its 3rd century, yet it has been able to maintain its much touted hype, sheer & still attracts people to have a smooth silk glide on it's carriages. Tramcars evoke poetry which often remains incomprehensible in words. Really indeed, Tram lends Kolkata an old world charm and add to the romantic element to the city. This slow moving ,electrical reptile in narrow and crowded streets completes the ultimate attraction of the city .Having glided down the rails as a historian witness. Tram has itself been turned into an immemorial heritage for which the whole Kolkatans will be proud of.
Shaheed Minar, formerly known as the Ochterlony Monument, was erected to commemorate Major-general David Ochterlony, commander of the British East India Company's main force in the Gurkha War of 1816. On the northern fringe of the vast park known as the Maidan, adjoining the Esplanade, it is the centre of political life in Calcutta. Rallies, demonstrations and agitations of all sorts - of which Calcutta has more than its fair share - traditionally start here.