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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Writers’ Building canonical 5

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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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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