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	Ekbalpur developed as a Muslim area, as it received a large number of people displaced with the development of the [[Zoological Garden, Alipore\|zoo]] at Zirat, [[Alipore]], and King George (now Netaji Subhas) Docks in [[Garden Reach]]. One of the oldest Muslim burial grounds, the ~~‘Solah Anna’~~, is located on Ekbalpur Road. <ref>Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 20, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>		Ekbalpur developed as a Muslim area, as it received a large number of people displaced with the development of the [[Zoological Garden, Alipore\|zoo]] at Zirat, [[Alipore]], and King George (now Netaji Subhas) Docks in [[Garden Reach]]. One of the oldest Muslim burial grounds, the 'Solah Anna', is located on Ekbalpur Road. <ref>Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 20, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

	Ekbalpur was included in the Kolkata municipal area in 1888.<ref>Bagchi, Amiya Kumar, "Wealth and Work in Calcutta: 1860-1921", in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 213, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>		Ekbalpur was included in the Kolkata municipal area in 1888.<ref>Bagchi, Amiya Kumar, "Wealth and Work in Calcutta: 1860-1921", in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 213, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

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'''Ekbalpur''' is a neighbourhood of [[South Kolkata]] in [[Kolkata district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
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Ekbalpur developed as a Muslim area, as it received a large number of people displaced with the development of the [[Zoological Garden, Alipore|zoo]] at Zirat, [[Alipore]], and King George (now Netaji Subhas) Docks in [[Garden Reach]]. One of the oldest Muslim burial grounds, the ‘Solah Anna’, is located on Ekbalpur Road. <ref>Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 20, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

Ekbalpur was included in the Kolkata municipal area in 1888.<ref>Bagchi, Amiya Kumar, "Wealth and Work in Calcutta: 1860-1921", in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 213, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Ekbalpur.<ref>Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, pp. 15-20, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

==Geography==
===Police district===
Ekbalpur police station is part of the [[Divisions of Kolkata Police|Port division]] of [[Kolkata Police]]. It is located at 38B Ekbalpur Road, Kolkata-700023. <ref name="police">{{cite web| url = http://kolkatapolice.gov.in/division.asp?ID=4&Division=P |title = Kolkata Police |work = Port Division | publisher= KP| access-date = 21 March 2018}}</ref>

[[Watgunge#Police district|Watgunge Women police station]], located at 16, Watgunge Street, Kolkata-700023, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Port division i.e. North Port, South Port, Watgunge, West Port, Garden Reach, Ekbalpur, Nadial, Rajabagan and Metiabruz.<ref name="police"/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/South}}

{{Neighbourhoods in Kolkata}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]

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