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| hotel_name = Elgin Fairlawn, Kolkata
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| location = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]], [[Kolkata]]<br />13/A, [[Sudder Street]], 700016
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| operator = Elgin Hotels Pvt. Ltd.
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'''Elgin Fairlawn, Kolkata''' (formerly known as Fairlawn Hotel) was built around 1783. It is located on [[Sudder Street]] of [[Kolkata]]. Initially built as a house, it was later turned into a hotel in 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natgeotraveller.in/stay-fairlawn-hotel-kolkata|title=Stay: Fairlawn Hotel, Kolkata|publisher=}}</ref>

==Background==
[[File:Elgin Fairlawn picture in 1908.jpg|thumb|Elgin Fairlawn in Kolkata when it was known as 'Canada House' in 1908. It is a picture from the hotel's collection.]]
The colonial bungalow was built in 1783 by an Englishman William Ford, when [[Warren Hastings]] was the Governor General. The house on Sudder Street became a hotel in 1936 after passing into the hands of Mrs. Rose Smith (née Sarkies) of Armenian roots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/fairlawn-hotel-gave-off-the-scent-of-antiquity-a-bit-damp-and-wholly-old-calcutta/article22917532.ece|title=Fairlawn Hotel gave off the scent of antiquity — a bit damp, and wholly old Calcutta|first=Rosie|last=Llewellyn-Jones|date=3 March 2018|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> In 2018, the hotel was bought by Elgin Hotels & Resorts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/british-armenian-era-checks-out-210010|title=British-Armenian era checks out|publisher=}}</ref>

==History==
Indian film actor [[Shashi Kapoor]] met his wife [[Jennifer Kendal]] in the hotel. The couple returned to the hotel after they got married in 1958 for their honeymoon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/hotel-in-kolkata-mourns-death-of-shashi-kapoor-a-long-time-patron/articleshow/61989747.cms|title=Hotel in Kolkata mourns death of Shashi Kapoor, a long-time patron|date=9 December 2017|publisher=|via=The Economic Times}}</ref> Shashi Kapoor liked spending time in the hotel, specially in the Room No. 17 — which later on became known as the Shashi Kapoor Room.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/shashi-kapoor-room-turns-top-pick-for-tourists/articleshow/62185666.cms|title=Shashi Kapoor Room turns top pick for tourists - Times of India|publisher=}}</ref>

[[Felicity Kendal]], the British actress and also the sister of [[Jennifer Kendal]] has spent some time with her family in the hotel. She wrote in 2012 - “I loved it here, and it is from this hotel that I left, aged 17, to try my luck in England, my father’s disapproval ringing in my ears.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/violet-smith-the-eccentric-grande-dame-of-the-fairlawn-hotel-in-kolkata-9770148.html|title=Violet Smith: The eccentric grande dame of the Fairlawn Hotel in|publisher=}}</ref>

The hotel has been a host to [[Eric Newby]], a travel writer. Another notable guest was the French Writer [[Dominique Lapierre]] who stayed here while writing the story about Calcutta titled [[City of Joy]] published in 1985. This was made into a film in 1992 and the cast and crew of the film, including [[Patrick Swayze]] has also stayed here. [[Ismail Merchant]] and [[James Ivory]], whose 1965 film [[Shakespeare Wallah]] was loosely based on and starred the Kendals also has been the guests at this hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2136410/relic-raj-kolkatas-iconic-fairlawn-hotel-changes|title=End of an era? Kolkata’s British Raj-era Fairlawn Hotel changes hands|publisher=}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==
* https://www.fairlawnhotel.com
* https://www.elginhotels.com

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