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

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==

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

==Etymology==
Watgunge is named after Colonel [[Henry Watson (1737–1786)]], who set up the first dockyard in Bengal.<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>

==History==
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Colonel Watson started building the shipbuilding docks in 1779 in the present Watgunge area.<ref>Ghosh, Siddhartha, "Calcutta’s Industrial Archaeology", in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 247, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

Watgunge 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 Watgunge.<ref>Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, pp. 18-19, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.</ref>

==Geography==
===Police district===
Watgunge police station is part of the [[Divisions of Kolkata Police|Port division]] of [[Kolkata Police]]. It is located at 16 Watgunge Street, 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 Women police station, located at the same address as above, 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==
{{reflist}}

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

{{Neighbourhoods in Kolkata}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]

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