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[[File:Sainik Park War Tank in Hastings, Kolkata.jpg|thumb|Sainik Park War Tank in Hastings]] | [[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 | 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 | 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"/> | ||