Jorasanko, Calcutta

E341521

historic district neighborhood

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.

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All labels observed (3)

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

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district ⓘ neighborhood ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Bengali literature ⓘ Bengali music ⓘ Bengali theatre ⓘ Brahmo Samaj intellectual circles ⓘ
associatedWithFamily	Tagore family ⓘ
associatedWithMovement	Bengali Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Bengal Renaissance Bengal School of Art ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Abanindranath Tagore ⓘ Debendranath Tagore ⓘ Dwarkanath Tagore ⓘ Gaganendranath Tagore ⓘ Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalInstitution	Rabindra Bharati Museum ⓘ surface form: 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 Thakur Bari ⓘ surface form: Jorasanko Natyamandir (historic theatre spaces) Jorasanko Thakur Bari ⓘ surface form: Jorasanko Rajbari Jorasanko Thakur Bari ⓘ Rabindra Bharati Museum ⓘ Rabindra Bharati University ⓘ surface form: 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	Calcutta ⓘ surface form: Kolkata North Kolkata ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	West Bengal ⓘ surface form: State of West Bengal
locatedInTimeZone	Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn	eastern bank of the Hooghly River (nearby) ⓘ
nearbyArea	Burrabazar ⓘ Chitpur Road area ⓘ Pathuriaghata ⓘ Shobhabazar ⓘ
partOf	Kolkata Metropolitan Area ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jorasanko, Calcutta, British India

Thakur family → centerOfActivity → Jorasanko, Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jorasanko, Kolkata

Dwijendranath → residence → Jorasanko, Calcutta ⓘ

subject surface form: Dwijendranath Tagore