Prince Anwar Shah Road
 Junction of Prince Anwar Shah Road and Raja SC Mullick Road, Jadavpur Police Station | |
| Maintained by | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
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| Location | Kolkata, India |
| Nearest Kolkata Metro station | Rabindra Sarobar, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar and Kavi Sukanta |
| West end | Tollygunge (meets Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Sarani) |
| East end | Jadavpur (meets Raja SC Mullick Road and Kalikapur Road |
Prince Anwar Shah Road is a 4 laned major road in Southern parts of Kolkata, India. It is named after Prince Ghulam Mohammed Anwar Ali Shah, one of Tipu Sultan's 12 sons.
Route
[edit]The road is one of major east-west connector of the city. It starts from the Raja SC Mullick Road where the Jadavpur Police Station is located and connected Tollygunge on the west. It runs neighborhoods like Jodhpur Park, Lake Gardens and finally reaches Tollygunge.
The continuation Kalikapur Road to the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass was opened to the public on 1 March, 2007. Prince Anwar Shah Road is connected to Kalikapur Road with Jibanananda Setu (Selimpur Rail Overbridge).[1]
The four laned road is a parallel to the Rashbehari Avenue connector. This has improved access to the EM Bypass for the residents of Shahidnagar, Viveknagar, Selimpur etc.
Localities
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The South City Mall on Prince Anwar Shah Road, Calcutta’s first "destination mall", opened its shop floor in early July 2007.
The South City mini-township is located on a 31.14-acre (126,000 m2) site on Prince Anwar Shah Road in the heart of South Kolkata, just opposite Jodhpur Park. It is minutes away from top city clubs like RCGC and Tollygunge Club, hospitals such as AMRI and EEDF and a stone’s throw from the Metro stations at Tollygunge and Rabindra Sarobar.
Starting from Tollygunge and moving towards Jadavpur PS Crossing, the following landmarks are visible on Prince Anwar Shah Road.
- South City Mini Township and South City Mall
- City High Apartments
- Sriram Balaji Mandir
- Navina Cinema Hall
- Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College
- Merlin Oxford & Merlin Cambridge Towers
- SIRPA Complex
- EEDF Hospital
- MECON Tower
- Jadavpur Police Station
- Lake Kalibari
See also
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References
[edit]External links
[edit]- People and buildings on Prince Anwar Shah Road