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| name = Abanindranath Thakur Sarani<br />
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| image = 22 Camac St (3).jpg<br />
| caption = 22 Camac Street, a high end shopping destination<br />
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| former_names = Camac Street<br />
| postal_code = 700016, 700017, 700071<br />
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| location = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| metro_system = [[Kolkata Metro]]<br />
| metro = [[Park Street metro station (Kolkata)|Park Street]], [[Maidan metro station|Maidan]], [[Rabindra Sadan metro station|Rabindra Sadan]]<br />
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| maint = [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]<br />
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| direction_a = north<br />
| terminus_a = [[Park Street, Kolkata|Park Street]]<br />
| direction_b = south<br />
| terminus_b = [[AJC Bose Road]]<br />
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'''Camac Street''' (renamed '''Abanindranath Thakur Sarani''') is a street running in the central business district of [[Kolkata]], [[India]], from [[Park Street, Kolkata|Park Street]] (Allen Park) to [[AJC Bose Road|Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road]] ([[Nizam Palace (Kolkata)|Nizam Palace]]). 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]]. In the mid-1970s, the Park Street 'razzmatazz' spilled onto Camac Street which is, today, considered to be a [[High Street|high street]] of Kolkata with many commercial establishments and high-end shopping destinations, with many shopping malls, boutiques, restaurants and stand-alone stores.<ref>{{cite news|title=BSNL may take two weeks to be back online|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-09/kolkata/28184192_1_broadband-connections-calcutta-telephones-broadband-lines|accessdate=6 December 2011|date=9 July 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701130856/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-09/kolkata/28184192_1_broadband-connections-calcutta-telephones-broadband-lines|archive-date=1 July 2012|url-status=dead|work=[[The Times of India]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 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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{{Commons category|Abanindranath Thakur Sarani}}<br />
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{{Streets of Kolkata}}<br />
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[[Category:Streets in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Shopping districts and streets in India]]<br />
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