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{{short description|Road in Kolkata, India}}<br />
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| name = Indira Gandhi Sarani<br />
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| image = File:Red Road - Kolkata 2013-04-10 7739.JPG<br />
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| former_names = Red Road<br />
| postal_code = 700021<br />
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| location = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| metro_system = [[Kolkata Metro]]<br />
| metro = [[Esplanade metro station|Esplanade]], [[Park Street metro station (Kolkata)|Park Street]]<br />
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| maint = [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]<br />
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| direction_a = north<br />
| terminus_a = [[Eden Gardens]]<br />
| direction_b = south<br />
| terminus_b = [[Fort William, India|Fort William]] West Gate<br />
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| completion_date = 1820<br />
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'''Red Road''', is a road in Central [[Kolkata]] that runs from [[Eden Gardens]] (Rashmoni Avenue-Gostho Paul Sarani Junction) to [[Fort William, India|Fort William]] West Gate (Dufferin Road-Outram Road Junction). South of [[Fort William, India|Fort William]] West Gate, Red Road becomes Casuarina Avenue /Khiddirpore Road.<ref>Google maps</ref> The road, a wide boulevard, was built in 1820.<ref>Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', 1909/1980, p 72, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref> It bisects the Kolkata [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]].<ref name="Farquharson2004"/> The British authorities intended for the road to be able to host large parades.<ref name="Farquharson2004"/> The name 'Red Road' was given due to its surfacing.<ref name="Farquharson2004">{{cite book|author=Robert H. Farquharson|title=For Your Tomorrow: Canadians and the Burma Campaign, 1941-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMMO-X1D2I8C&pg=PA97|year=2004|publisher=Trafford|isbn=978-1-4120-1536-3|page=97}}</ref><br />
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[[File:CTS Cadets.jpg|thumb|[[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] Parade on Red Road]]<br />
During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the road, in the heart of Calcutta, served as a landing strip for [[Fighter aircraft]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Calcutta Airstrip Again is Street|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate|date=3 December 1945|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19451203&id=NF4dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KFoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4707,6654470&hl=en}}</ref> The annual [[Kolkata Marathon]] starts from the outside of the Rangers Club on Red Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsx.com/sports/16008-ninth-edition-of-kolkata-marathon-to-be-held-on-march-6 |title=Ninth edition of Kolkata marathon to be held on March 6 |publisher=NewsX |date=2015-12-24 |accessdate=2016-01-08 |archive-date=27 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227011320/http://www.newsx.com/sports/16008-ninth-edition-of-kolkata-marathon-to-be-held-on-march-6 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Nair1987">{{cite book|author=P. Thankappan Nair|title=A history of Calcutta's streets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o40cAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Firma KLM|page=420}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Roads in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Monuments and memorials to Indira Gandhi]]<br />
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