Writers’ Building

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Writers’ Building is a historic colonial-era administrative complex in Kolkata, India, long associated with the governance of Bengal and noted for its distinctive red-brick façade.

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Generate an image of the Writers’ Building (Writers’ Building is a historic colonial-era administrative complex in Kolkata, India, long associated with the governance of Bengal and noted for its distinctive red-brick façade.)

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Label Occurrences
Writers’ Building canonical 9
Writers' Building 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial-era building ⓘ
government building ⓘ
heritage building ⓘ
architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Kolkata ⓘ
Colonial architecture in Kolkata ⓘ
Government buildings in India ⓘ
color red ⓘ
commissionedBy East India Company ⓘ
country India ⓘ
hasFacade red-brick façade ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus heritage structure of Kolkata ⓘ
hasPart central portico ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
long colonnaded façade ⓘ
office wings ⓘ
heritageDesignation protected building under state authorities ⓘ
inception late 18th century ⓘ
locatedIn B.B.D. Bagh ⓘ
Bengal Presidency (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Bengal Presidency

Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta

Kolkata district ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear General Post Office, Kolkata ⓘ
Lal Dighi ⓘ
Raj Bhavan, Kolkata ⓘ
locatedOn B.B.D. Bagh North ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
namedAfter company writers ⓘ
notableFor colonial-era architecture ⓘ
distinctive red-brick façade ⓘ
historic association with governance of Bengal ⓘ
occupant Chief Minister of West Bengal (historically) ⓘ
Government of West Bengal ⓘ
originalFunction office for East India Company writers (clerks) ⓘ
training college for junior servants of the East India Company ⓘ
ownedBy Government of West Bengal ⓘ
significantEvent administrative centre of Bengal Presidency ⓘ
headquarters of the Chief Minister of West Bengal ⓘ
seat of the Secretariat of the Government of West Bengal ⓘ
significantPeriod British colonial period in India ⓘ
post-independence governance of West Bengal ⓘ
usedFor government administration ⓘ
offices of ministers ⓘ
state secretariat functions ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calcutta → hasLandmark → Writers’ Building ⓘ
B.B.D. Bagh → contains → Writers’ Building ⓘ
Lal Dighi → near → Writers’ Building ⓘ
General Post Office, Kolkata → nearbyLandmark → Writers’ Building ⓘ
B.B.D. Bagh → contains → Writers’ Building ⓘ
subject linked to: B.B.D. Bagh area of Kolkata
B.B.D. Bagh → contains → Writers’ Building ⓘ
subject linked to: B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata
Dalhousie Square → contains → Writers’ Building ⓘ
Premier of Bengal (British India) → seat → Writers' Building ⓘ
linked to: Writers’ Building
Chief Secretary of West Bengal → officeLocation → Writers' Building ⓘ
linked to: Writers’ Building
St. John’s Church, Kolkata → near → Writers’ Building ⓘ
Strand Road, Kolkata → near → Writers’ Building ⓘ