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{{Infobox street<br />
| name = Shakespeare Sarani<br />
| native_name =<br />
| marker_image = <br />
| image = File:Camac St - Shakespeare Xing.jpg<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| caption = Shakespeare Sarani and [[Camac Street]] crossing<br />
| former_names = Theatre Road<br />
| postal_code = 700017, 700071<br />
| map_type = <br />
| map_caption = <br />
| coordinates =<br />
| length_mi = <br />
| location = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| maint = [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]<br />
| direction_a = West<br />
| terminus_a = [[Chowringhee Road]] ([[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]])<br />
| direction_b = East<br />
| terminus_b = [[Park Circus]] 7-point crossing<br />
| metro_system = [[Kolkata Metro]]<br />
| metro = [[Maidan metro station|Maidan]], [[Rabindra Sadan metro station|Rabindra Sadan]]<br />
| known_for = Named after [[William Shakespeare]] on the occasion of his fourth birth centenary<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''Shakespeare Sarani''' (earlier '''Theatre Road''') is a street running in the [[central business district]] of [[Kolkata]], [[India]], from [[Park Circus]] to [[Chowringhee Road]] ([[Birla Planetarium, Kolkata|Birla Planetarium]]). It was renamed on 24 April 1964 after [[William Shakespeare]], to mark the fourth birth centenary of the legendary playwright.<ref name=kolwheels>{{cite web|title=Shakespeare Sarani|url=http://kolkatawheels.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=165:shakespeare-sarani&catid=55:roadscape&Itemid=104|publisher=Kolkata Wheels}}</ref> It is considered to be a [[High Street|high street]] of Kolkata with many commercial establishments, offices, shops and restaurants situated by the road.<ref name="kolwheels"/><ref>{{cite news|title=BSNL may take two weeks to be back online|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-09/kolkata/28184192_1_broadband-connections-calcutta-telephones-broadband-lines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104170721/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-09/kolkata/28184192_1_broadband-connections-calcutta-telephones-broadband-lines|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2012|accessdate=6 December 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 July 2009}}</ref> It intersects with other important roads in the CBD like [[AJC Bose Road|Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road]], [[Camac Street]], Loudon Street and Rawdon Street. Few other roads like, Little Russel Street, Wood Street, Picasso Bithi & Lord Sinha Road criss-crosses or merge into Shakespeare Sarani from North or South. West of [[Birla Planetarium, Kolkata|Birla Planetarium]] crossing, Shakespeare Sarani becomes Queen's Way.<ref>Google maps</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
At the corner of [[Chowringhee Road]] and Theatre Road was the Theatre of Calcutta from 1813 to 1839. It was burnt down by fire and never rebuilt.<ref>Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', first published 1909/reprint 1980, page 224, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
===Landmarks===<br />
[[File:Shakespeare Sarani 'Jasmine Tower'.jpg|thumb|200px|Shakespeare Sarani 'Jasmine Tower']]<br />
[[File:Air Conditioned Market - Kolkata 2011-10-16 160497.JPG|thumb|200px|The Air Conditioned Market]]<br />
* Astor Hotel<br />
* AC Market (The first air-conditioned shopping mall in Kolkata)<br />
* [[Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad]] (Indian Language Council)<br />
* Consulate of Philippines<br />
* Duckback House<br />
* Express Tower (houses number of food outlets and offices)<br />
* International Club (earlier Swiss Club)<br />
* Jasmine Tower<br />
* Kala Mandir<br />
* L&T House (at Little Russell Street crossing)<br />
* Marda Plaza (A retail cum commercial complex)<br />
* Nagaland House<br />
* New B K Market<br />
* New Kenilworth Hotel (at Little Russell Street crossing)<br />
* Premlata building<br />
* [[Rani Birla Girls' College]]<br />
* Shakespeare Court (at Camac Street crossing)<br />
* Sri Aurobindo Bhavan<br />
* State Archive<br />
* The Legacy<br />
* Unilever House<br />
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===Police district===<br />
Shakespere Sarani police station is part of the [[Divisions of Kolkata Police|South division]] of [[Kolkata Police]]. Located at 34A, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata-700017, it has jurisdiction over the police district which is bordered on the ''north'' from the south-west corner of the junction of [[Park Street, Kolkata|Park Street]], Outram Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road (old [[Chowringhee Road]]), then crossing Jawaharlal Nehru Road to the south east corner of the junction of the Park Street and Jawaharlal Nehru Road and thence eastward by the southern limits of Park Street to [[AJC Bose Road|Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road]], then crossing Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road up to the south-east corner of the junction of Park Street and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road.<ref name="police">{{cite web| url = http://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/division.asp?ID=5&Division=S|title = Kolkata Police |work = South Division | publisher= KP | accessdate = 12 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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It is bordered on the ''east'' from the south-east corner of the junction of Park Street and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (old Lower Circular Road), then southward by the eastern limits of the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road up to the south-east corner of the junction of Beck Bagan Row, Circus Avenue and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road.<ref name="police"/><br />
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It is bordered on the ''south'' from the south-east corner of the junction of Beck Bagan Row, Circus Avenue and Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (old Lower Circular Road), thence westward by the southern limits of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road to Jawaharlal Nehru Road (old Chowringhee Road), then crossing Jawaharlal Nehru Road up to the south-west corner of the junction of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road.<ref name="police"/><br />
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It is bordered on the ''west'' from the south-west corner of the junction of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (old Lower Circular Road) and Jawaharlal Nehru Road (old Chowringhee Road). Thence north-ward by the western limits of Jawaharlal Nehru Road up to the south-west corner of the junction of Park Street, Outram Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road.<ref name="police"/><br />
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See also - [http://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/fullmap.asp?section=K2 Shakespeare Sarani police district map]<br />
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[[Tollygunge#Police district|Tollygunge Women's 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"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Streets of Kolkata}}<br />
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[[Category:Streets in Kolkata]]</div>->Dewritech