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	Hastings is an area in Central Kolkata between the [[Maidan (Kolkata)\|Maidan]] and the [[Hooghly River]]. The area named after [[Warren Hastings]], who was the first Governor-General of Bengal then the whole of India from 1772 to 1785.		Hastings is an area in Central Kolkata between the [[Maidan (Kolkata)\|Maidan]] and the [[Hooghly River]]. The area named after Warren Hastings, who was the first Governor-General of Bengal then the whole of India from 1772 to 1785.

	The Hastings area was initially a Muslim burial ground, then became ‘Coolie Bazar’ for workmen who built [[Fort William, India\|Fort William]] and finally turned into a township for the Ordnance and Commissariat department people.<ref name="Nair">Nair, P. Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 18, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>		The Hastings area was initially a Muslim burial ground, then became ‘Coolie Bazar’ for workmen who built [[Fort William, India\|Fort William]] and finally turned into a township for the Ordnance and Commissariat department people.<ref name="Nair">Nair, P. Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 18, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

	This was originally the military area of the city and several landmarks remain including [[Fort William, India\|Fort William]], the Lascar War Memorial and the Ordnance Club, as well as the [[Kolkata Race Course\|Race Course]]. In 1855, a Church [[Hastings Chapel, Kolkata]] was built there for the officers of the East India Company.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Dutta\|first=Krishna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UKfoHi5412UC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA69&dq=Hastings+Chapel+Kolkata+established+in&hl=en\|title=Calcutta: A Cultural and Literary History\|date=2003\|publisher=Signal Books\|isbn=978-1-902669-59-5\|language=en}}</ref>		This was originally the military area of the city and several landmarks remain including [[Fort William, India\|Fort William, the Lascar War Memorial and the Ordnance Club, as well as the [[Kolkata Race Course\|Race Course]]. In 1855, a Church Hastings Chapel, Kolkata]] was built there for the officers of the East India Company.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Dutta\|first=Krishna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UKfoHi5412UC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA69&dq=Hastings+Chapel+Kolkata+established+in&hl=en\|title=Calcutta: A Cultural and Literary History\|date=2003\|publisher=Signal Books\|isbn=978-1-902669-59-5\|language=en}}</ref>

	In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Hastings.<ref name="Nair"/>		In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Hastings.<ref name="Nair"/>

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

==History==
[[File:Sainik Park War Tank in Hastings, Kolkata.jpg|thumb|Sainik Park War Tank in Hastings]]

Hastings is an area in Central Kolkata between the [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]] and the [[Hooghly River]]. The area named after [[Warren Hastings]], who was the first Governor-General of Bengal then the whole of India from 1772 to 1785.

The Hastings area was initially a Muslim burial ground, then became ‘Coolie Bazar’ for workmen who built [[Fort William, India|Fort William]] and finally turned into a township for the Ordnance and Commissariat department people.<ref name="Nair">Nair, P. Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 18, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

This was originally the military area of the city and several landmarks remain including [[Fort William, India|Fort William]], the Lascar War Memorial and the Ordnance Club, as well as the [[Kolkata Race Course|Race Course]]. In 1855, a Church [[Hastings Chapel, Kolkata]] was built there for the officers of the East India Company.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutta|first=Krishna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UKfoHi5412UC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA69&dq=Hastings+Chapel+Kolkata+established+in&hl=en|title=Calcutta: A Cultural and Literary History|date=2003|publisher=Signal Books|isbn=978-1-902669-59-5|language=en}}</ref>

In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Hastings.<ref name="Nair"/>

This is also where one of the city’s major thoroughfares feeds onto [[Vidyasagar Setu]], the impressive suspension bridge crossing the Hooghly River which was completed in 1992.

==Geography==
===Police district===
Hastings police station is part of the [[Divisions of Kolkata Police|South division]] of [[Kolkata Police]]. It is located at 5, Middle Road, Kolkata-700022.<ref name="police">{{cite web| url = http://kolkatapolice.gov.in/division.asp?ID=5&Division=S |title = Kolkata Police |work = South Division – Hastings police station | publisher= KP| access-date = 26 March 2018}}</ref>

[[Tollygunge#Police district|Tollygunge Womens police station]] has jurisdiction over all the police districts in the South Division, i.e. Park Street, Shakespeare Sarani, Alipore, Hastings, Maidan, Bhowanipore, Kalighat, Tollygunge, Charu Market, New Alipur and Chetla.<ref name="police"/>

==Transport==
===Road===
[[File:Clyde Road (14846912792).jpg|thumb|centre|Clyde Road, Hastings]]{{Empty section|date=June 2020}}[[File:Alipore Road - Hastings - Kolkata 2015-02-07 2165.JPG|thumb|Alipore Road and [[AJC Bose Road]] crossing, Hastings]]

===Train===
[[Prinsep Ghat railway station]] and [[Eden Gardens railway station]] on [[Kolkata Circular Railway]] line are the nearest railway stations.

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]

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