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'''Entally''' (also spelt Entali) is a neighbourhood of [[Kolkata|Central Kolkata]], in [[Kolkata district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It was considered close to the area which was home to the poor and the depressed castes.<ref name = "Nair">Nair, P. Thankappan in ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, edited by [[Sukanta Chaudhuri]], pp. 15-18, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-19-563696-3}}.</ref> [[Mother Teresa]] started her activities in Entally.<ref name="Mother">''Mother Teresa'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. II, p. 81</ref>

==History==
The [[East India Company]] obtained from the [[Mughal emperors|Mughal emperor]] [[Farrukhsiyar]], in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these, five lay across the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]] in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of [[Siraj-ud-daulah]], the last independent [[Nawab of Bengal]], it purchased these villages in 1758 from [[Mir Jafar]] and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as ''[[Dihi Panchannagram]]'' and Entally was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the [[Maratha Ditch]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1916_PART_A_DCHB_KOLKATA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Pages 6-10: The History | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 20 February 2018}}</ref><ref>Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', first published 1909/reprint 1980, pages 103-4 and 221, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref><ref>Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, pp. 14-15, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

Odia palanquin-bearers, poor Christians, Muslims, Chinese and other depressed communities such as [[Dalits]], lived in the area. Upper caste Hindus avoided living in the area because of the municipal slaughter house, Chinese-owned tanneries and piggeries (near Tangra which is close to Entally).<ref name = "Nair"/> However upper-class European resided in the Entally post office (originally known as Intally Post Office) neighbourhood. Rich Hindu milk businessmen (Gwala, Gop, Sadgop and [[Ghosh]] community) occupied an area near the Entally market and forbade low caste people to come near their locality (Gopelane, Panbagan Lane).

[[H. E. A. Cotton]] describes Entally in the twentieth century as "an area extensively intersected with numerous roads and lanes. It contains a large number of European residences, some of them fine buildings in extensive grounds." Situated in 155A AJC Bose Road near Entally Market stands the house of [[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio|Henry Derozio]] (European by origin) pioneer of [[Bengali Renaissance|Bengal Renaissance]] and [[Young Bengal]] movement.

In those days, the Municipal Railway ran along the side of Lower Circular Road (renamed [[AJC Bose Road|Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road]]) and the Lakes by way of [[Sealdah]] and conveyed several hundred tonnes of sweepings daily which were employed to raise a square mile of land, which had been bunded off from the lanes for the purpose. South of Entally was the Volunteer Rifle Range constructed in 1877.<ref>Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', 1909/1980, p. 223, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref>

In the nineteenth century many factories were set up in Entally because of the low cost of land. Many of them survive to this day.<ref name = "Nair"/>

Entally, [[Manicktala]], [[Beliaghata]], [[Ultadanga]], [[Chitpur]], [[Cossipore]], parts of [[Beniapukur]], [[Ballyganj]], [[Watgunge|Watganj]] and [[Ekbalpur]], and parts of [[Garden Reach]] and [[Tollygunj]] were added to [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]] in 1888. Garden Reach was later taken out.<ref>Bagchi, Amiya Kumar, ''Wealth and Work in Calcutta, 1860-1921'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 213.</ref>

In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Entally.<ref>Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, pp. 18-19, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

==Geography==
Entally is spread over parts of Ward Nos. 54, 55 and 56 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, partly under Entally police station and partly under Beniapukur police station. It is bounded by [[Sealdah]] and Beliaghata in the north, [[Tangra, Calcutta|Tangra]] in the east, Beniapukur in the south and [[Taltala]] in the west.<ref>Detail Maps of 141 Wards of Kolkata, D.R.Publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata – 700073</ref>

===Police district===
Entally police station is part of the [[Divisions of Kolkata Police|Eastern Suburban division]] of [[Kolkata Police]].<ref name="police">{{cite web| url = http://kolkatapolice.gov.in/division.asp?ID=2&Division=E |title = Kolkata Police |work = East Suburban Division | publisher= KP| access-date = 5 March 2018}}</ref>

[[Ultadanga#Police district|Ultadanga Women police station]] covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Suburban division i.e Beliaghata, Entally, Maniktala, Narkeldanga, Ultadanga, Tangra and Phoolbagan.<ref name="police"/>

==Economics==
Entally market is one of the old markets in Kolkata under [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]] (KMC). Shops sell ready-made garments, vegetables, groceries, textiles, margarine, fish and fruits.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.india9.com/i9show/Entally-Market-33438.htm | title = Entally Market
|access-date = 2008-01-22 | publisher = india9.com}}</ref> This market was once famously known for its dairy product shops that provided high quality dairy items such as paneer, ghee, yogurt, condensed milk, cheese and butter.

==Culture==
[[Mother Teresa]] arrived in Kolkata in 1928. While teaching in Loreto Convent at Entally, the slums beyond the school compound engaged her more and more. In 1948, when she secured permission to work fully with the poor and the sick, she established a home in an obscure house in Entally, with a nurse's training and a meager [[Indian rupee|Rs.]] 5 in her pocket. Her activities spread out subsequently to other areas of Kolkata.<ref name="Mother"/>

Gope Lane Shiva Temple (Sridhar Jew Mandir) is the oldest Hindu temple of Entally established by local Ghosh community. It was a centre for social reforms and freedom fighting during British colonial rule. It was also the centre of movements for social justice and cultural development of the non-higher caste Hindus and minorities. Later such movements got recognised by government with the formation of [[Other Backward Class|the other backward classes]] (OBC) ensuring social justice. [[Prafulla Chandra Ghosh]], the 1st chief minister of West Bengal during his tenure from 1947 to 1948 addressed several meetings in this place. He gave importance to educational and overall cultural development of non-upper caste Hindu's, depressed communities, [[Dalit]]s and minorities. For uplifting backward classes Sir [[Jnan Chandra Ghosh]] suggested developing institution for technical education which was later realised by establishment of [[Central Calcutta Polytechnic|Central Calcutta Pyrotechnic]] in Entally. Pandit [[Pannalal Ghosh]] credited with popularizing the flute as a concert instrument in [[Hindustani classical music]] used to perform music concerts along with [[Padma Bhushan]] Pandit [[Jnan Prakash Ghosh]] and other distinguished musicians in Gope Lane.

Sri Sri Radha Mohan Jew temple house is situated in Panbagan Lane in Entally. Many cultural events, social gatherings and seasonal festivals are held here. It is considered to be first establishment in Calcutta to perform daily worship and bhajan of [[Satya Sai Baba]].

Lay Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, Debendra Nath Majumdar,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.belurmath.org/Laydisciples.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720155512/http://www.belurmath.org/Laydisciples.htm |archive-date=20 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> established Sri Ramakrishna Archanalaya at 39, Deb Lane, Entally in 1902. Devendra Nath started regular worship of Sri Ramakrishna there. He composed many devotional songs while spreading the spiritual practice and teaching of his Master Sri Ramakrishna in the locality until his demise in 1911. People often sing the hymn of eight stanzas 'Bhava-Sagara'...and ending with 'Gurudeva daya-kara dina jane' but very few people know the composer Mahatma Debendra Nath Majumdar, Lay disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Deb.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} Hearing this song Swami Brahmananda (First president of Ramakrishna Math & Mission)<ref>[[Swami Brahmananda]]</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2019}} commented, "Debendra composed that song while absorbed in a high plane of consciousness, beyond the reach of ordinary people."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theylivedwithgod.info/devendra.htm|title=Devendra Mazumdar}}</ref> Archanalaya celebrated 100 years in 2002 and renovated the old temple with a full-sized seated statue of Sri Ramakrishna there, inaugurated by Swami Gahanananda,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.belurmath.org/pdf_files/Swami_Gahananandaji_Biograhphy_English.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 July 2015 |archive-date=12 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212223157/http://belurmath.org/pdf_files/Swami_Gahananandaji_Biograhphy_English.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Vice president of Ramakhrishna Mission that time.

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File:Sri Sri Radha Mohan Jew-jeu (panbagan thakur bari).jpg
Sri Ramakrishna Statue at Archanalaya.jpg
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File:Sai Bhajan Hall at Sri Sri Radha Mohan Jew-Jeu temple, entally(panbagan lane,kolkata).jpg
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==Education==
[[Loreto Schools, Kolkata|Loreto]] Entally was founded as an orphanage in 1845 but it is no longer an orphanage in the strict sense, although orphans continue to be looked after. Loreto [[Kilkenny]] has been twinned with Loreto Entally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loretokk.ie/pages/entally.htm |title=Loreto Kilkenny twinned with Loreto Entally, India |access-date=2008-01-22 |work=1977 |publisher=loretokk.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118174825/http://www.loretokk.ie/pages/entally.htm |archive-date=2007-11-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Transport==
===Road===
Many buses ply along [[AJC Bose Road & APC Road|Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road]], Dr. Lal Mohan Bhattacharya Road and CIT Road in Entally. Lenin Sarani and Surendranath Banerjee Road (S.N. Banerjee Road) connect this locality to [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]].<ref>Google maps</ref> Moulali is a 5 point junction in Entally connecting East Kolkata with Central Kolkata through Lenin Sarani, S N Banerjee Road and CIT Road (Sundari Mohan Avenue) and North Kolkata with South Kolkata through A J C Bose Road.

===Train===
[[Sealdah Station]], one of biggest railway-terminals of [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]], is located nearby.

==Gallery==
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File:Kolkata Entally2.jpg|Moulali Dargah
File:Kolkata Taltala4.jpg|St. Teresa of Avila Church, Moulali
File:Another view of St. James Church, Kolkata.jpg|[[St. James' Church, Kolkata|St. James' Church (Jora Girja)]]
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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