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| location = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
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'''Abanindranath Thakur Sarani''' (formerly and popularly known as '''Camac Street''') is a [[One-way traffic|one-way]] road in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. Running in the Kolkata CBD, it connects Allen Park at [[Park Street, Kolkata|Park Street]] to [[Nizam Palace (Kolkata)|Nizam Palace]] at [[AJC Bose Road|Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Vaaswat |date=2023-06-26 |title=What's In A Name? : The History Of Some Of Kolkata's Most Iconic Street Names |url=https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-voices/whats-in-a-name-the-history-of-some-of-kolkatas-most-iconic-street-names |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Homegrown |language=en}}</ref> The road was named after William Camac, a senior merchant in the days of [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]] and [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley|Lord Wellesley]]. According to Think India Think Retail 2023, Camac Street along with [[Park Street, Kolkata|Park Street]] stands as the 5th best [[High Street|high street]] in India due to presence of many commercial establishments and high-end shopping destinations, with shopping malls, boutiques, restaurants and stand-alone stores.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hospitality.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/restaurants/kolkatas-park-st-camac-st-among-top-5-high-streets-beats-connaught-place-lokhandwala-market/103230733 | title=Kolkata's Park St-Camac St among top 5 high streets, beats Connaught Place, Lokhandwala Market - ET HospitalityWorld }}</ref><br />
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It intersects Middleton Street and [[Shakespeare Sarani]], two other important roads in the CBD. Several smaller roads like Middleton Row, Short Street, Victoria Terrace and Albert Road merge into Camac Street from the east or west.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Camac Street 'G K Tower'.jpg|G.K. Tower, an office tower<br />
File:Camac Street 'Fort Knox'.jpg|Fort Knox, jewellery mall<br />
File:Kolkata Industry house Camac street IMG 20181212 075104.jpg|Kolkata Industry House<br />
File:Camac St - Shakespeare Xing.jpg|Camac Street and [[Shakespeare Sarani]] crossing<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Streets in Kolkata]]<br />
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