Jorasanko, Calcutta

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Jorasanko, Calcutta is a historic neighborhood in north Kolkata, India, best known as the ancestral home of the Tagore family and a major center of Bengali cultural and literary life.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jorasanko, Calcutta canonical 3
Jorasanko neighborhood 1
Jorasanko, Calcutta, British India 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Bengali literature ⓘ
Bengali music ⓘ
Bengali theatre ⓘ
Brahmo Samaj intellectual circles ⓘ
associatedWithFamily Tagore family ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Bengal Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Bengali Renaissance

Bengal School of Art ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Abanindranath Tagore ⓘ
Debendranath Tagore ⓘ
Dwarkanath Tagore ⓘ
Gaganendranath Tagore ⓘ
Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalInstitution Rabindra Bharati Museum at Jorasanko Thakur Bari ⓘ
Rabindra Bharati University ⓘ
hasEtymology name derived from a bridge with sixteen beams (jora shanko) over a canal ⓘ
hasHeritage Bengali cultural heritage ⓘ
hasLandmark Jorasanko Natyamandir (historic theatre spaces) ⓘ
Jorasanko Rajbari ⓘ
Jorasanko Thakur Bari ⓘ
Rabindra Bharati Museum ⓘ
Rabindra Bharati University (Jorasanko campus) ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized as a significant cultural heritage zone of Kolkata ⓘ
historicalRole center of 19th-century Bengali intellectual life ⓘ
center of nationalist and reformist thought in Bengal ⓘ
knownFor Bengali cultural life ⓘ
Bengali literary life ⓘ
ancestral home of the Tagore family ⓘ
language Bengali (primary local language) ⓘ
locatedIn Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta

North Kolkata ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory State of West Bengal ⓘ
linked to: West Bengal
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn eastern bank of the Hooghly River (nearby) ⓘ
nearbyArea Burrabazar ⓘ
Chitpur Road area ⓘ
Pathuriaghata ⓘ
Shobhabazar ⓘ
partOf Kolkata urban area ⓘ
old Calcutta city core ⓘ
postalCode 700007 (approximate primary PIN code) ⓘ
religion Hinduism (majority) ⓘ
Islam (minority) ⓘ
transportConnection served by Sovabazar Sutanuti metro station (nearby) ⓘ
served by local bus routes in North Kolkata ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Dwijendranath Tagore → placeOfBirth → Jorasanko, Calcutta ⓘ
Dwijendranath Tagore → placeOfDeath → Jorasanko, Calcutta ⓘ
Abanindranath Tagore → birthPlace → Jorasanko, Calcutta, British India ⓘ
linked to: Jorasanko, Calcutta
Thakur family → centerOfActivity → Jorasanko, Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Jorasanko, Calcutta
Dwijendranath Tagore → residence → Jorasanko, Calcutta ⓘ
subject linked to: Dwijendranath
Jorasanko campus → namedAfter → Jorasanko neighborhood ⓘ
linked to: Jorasanko, Calcutta