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{{short description|Road in Kolkata, India}}<br />
{{Infobox street<br />
| name = Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani<br />
| native_name =<br />
| marker_image = <br />
| image = Amherst Street and Keshab Chandra Sen Street Crossing - Kolkata 2014-01-01 1842.JPG<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = Amherst Street and Keshab Chandra Sen Street Crossing<br />
| former_names = Amherst Street<br />
| postal_code = 700009<br />
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| map_caption =<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22.5791049|N|88.369807|E|display=title, inline}}<br />
| length_mi = <br />
| location = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| maint = [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]<br />
| direction_a = North<br />
| terminus_a = Chaltabagan, [[Maniktala]]<br />
| direction_b = South<br />
| terminus_b = Lebutala, [[Bowbazar]]<br />
| metro_system = [[Kolkata Metro]]<br />
| metro = [[Girish Park metro station|Girish Park]], [[MG Road metro station, Kolkata|MG Road]], [[Central metro station, Kolkata|Central]] and [[Sealdah metro station|Sealdah]](under construction)<br />
| known_for = <br />
| website = <br />
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[[File:Sir Thomas Lawrence - Lord Amherst - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|[[William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst]], after whom the street was first named]]<br />
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'''Amherst Street''' is a north–south street in Central [[Kolkata]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. The street was named after [[William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst]]. It has been renamed as '''Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani''' after [[Raja Rammohan Roy]], one of the most famous social-reformers of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/163971/20/20_annexure%20e.pdf|title=In Remembrance of Raja Rammohan Roy|website=[[Shodhganga]] - [[INFLIBNET Centre|INFLIBNET]]|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> The road starts from [[Vivekananda Road]] crossing (Chaltabagan, [[Maniktala]]) and extends up to [[Bepin Behari Ganguly Street]] crossing (Lebutala, [[Bowbazar]]) via [[MG Road, Kolkata|MG Road]] crossing and Surya Sen Street crossing. On the extreme north lies Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum and on the extreme south lies the [[Bank of India|Bank of India (Bowbazar)]].<ref>Google maps</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
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===Police district===<br />
Amherst Street police station is part of the [[Divisions of Kolkata Police|North and North Suburban division]] of [[Kolkata Police]]. It is located at 57, Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata-700009.<ref name="police">{{cite web |url = http://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/division.asp?ID=3&Division=X |title = Kolkata Police |work = North and North Suburban Division |publisher = KP |access-date = 5 March 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180330083931/http://kolkatapolice.gov.in/division.asp?ID=3&Division=X |archive-date = 30 March 2018 |url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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Amherst Street Women police station, located at the same address as above covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.<ref name="police"/><br />
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==Places of interest==<br />
===Colleges===<br />
* [[St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College]] (estd. 1864)<br />
* [[City College, Kolkata]] (estd. 1881), [[Anandamohan College]] (estd. 1961), [[Rammohan College]] (estd. 1961)<br />
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===School===<br />
* [[St.Paul's School]] (estd. 1822) https://goo.gl/maps/pTiWAyxsm7N6jvvz7<br />
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===Landmarks===<br />
The popular and famous landmarks are [[Union Bank of India|Union Bank of India (Maniktala)]], Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum, Lawrence Day School, Bose's Clinical Laboratory, Shree Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital (Popularly known as Marwari Hospital), Holy Trinity Church (Kolkata), Amherst Street Post Office (Now Raja Rammohan Sarani Post Office), Shraddhananda Park, Lady Dufferin Hospital and [[Bank of India|Union Bank of India (Bowbazar)]]. St.Paul's School ( 33/1, Amherst Street),head office of British Institute, 35 Raja Rammohon roy sarani<ref>https://goo.gl/maps/pTiWAyxsm7N6jvvz7</ref><br />
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==Festivals==<br />
Some of the notable festivals that take place in and around the street include [[Manicktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja|Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja]], [[Somendra Nath Mitra]]'s Kali Puja (Amherst Street Sarbojonin) and Jhamapukur Sarbojonin (Subal Chandra Lane) Tamoghna Ghosh's Kali Puja and Fatakesto's Kali Puja.<br />
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===In popular culture===<br />
''[[Born Into Brothels]]'', a 2004 documentary film directed by [[Zana Briski]] mentions this street in the movie.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum 20190115 073552 01.jpg|Raja Rammohan Roy Memorial Museum<br />
File:Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital - 118 Amherst Street - Kolkata 2014-01-01 1808-1810.JPG|Shree Vishudhanand Saraswati Marwari Hospital<br />
File:Holy Trinity Church - 33-B Amherst Street - Kolkata 2014-01-01 1815.JPG|Holy Trinity Church (Kolkata)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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