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-{{Other uses|Maidan (disambiguation){{!}}Maidan}}
 [[File:Chowringheeskyline2.jpg|thumb|[[Kolkata]] skyline from the Maidan]]
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-The '''Maidan''' (literally, open field), also referred to as the '''Brigade Parade Ground''',<ref>{{cite web | title = Trinamool set for 'biggest' Brigade rally | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Trinamool-set-for-biggest-Brigade-rally/articleshow/29527824.cms |date=29 January 2014| access-date = 2014-03-01 | work = The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Brigade Parade Ground to host 3 mega rallies by TMC, BJP & LF | url = http://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/brigade-parade-ground-to-host-3-mega-rallies-by-tmc-bjp-and-lf_907704.html |date=29 January 2014| access-date = 2014-03-01}}</ref> is the largest urban park in [[Kolkata]] in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]]. It is a vast stretch of field that includes numerous play grounds, including the famous [[cricket]]ing venue [[Eden Gardens]], several [[association football|football]] stadiums and the [[Kolkata Race Course]]. The Maidan is dotted with statues and architectural works, the most notable being the [[Victoria Memorial, Kolkata|Victoria Memorial]]. Due to the freshness and greenery it provides to the metropolis, it has been referred to as the "lungs of Kolkata".<ref>{{cite news|title=In city's teeming heart, a place to gaze and graze  |first=Jim |last=Yardley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/asia/28india.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York|date= 27 January 2011 |access-date=27 November 2011|quote=To Kolkata, it is the 'lungs of the city,' a recharge zone for the soul.}}</ref> The property of the [[Indian Army]], the Maidan hosts the army's Eastern zone high command in [[Fort William, India|Fort William]]. The Maidan stretches from the [[Raj Bhavan, Kolkata|Raj Bhavan]] building on the [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]] in the north to the [[National Library of India|National Library]] on Belvedere Road in [[Alipore]] in the south. The wide field stretches from the [[Hooghly River]] in the west to the [[Victoria Memorial, Kolkata|Victoria Memorial]] in the east. It is a historical and cultural center of Kolkata as well as a center of leisure and entertainment for Calcuttans.
+The '''Maidan''' (literally, open field), also referred to as the '''Brigade Parade Ground''',<ref>{{cite web | title = Trinamool set for 'biggest' Brigade rally | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Trinamool-set-for-biggest-Brigade-rally/articleshow/29527824.cms |date=29 January 2014| access-date = 2014-03-01 | work = The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Brigade Parade Ground to host 3 mega rallies by TMC, BJP & LF | url = http://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/brigade-parade-ground-to-host-3-mega-rallies-by-tmc-bjp-and-lf_907704.html |date=29 January 2014| access-date = 2014-03-01}}</ref> is the largest urban park in [[Kolkata]] in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]]. It is a vast stretch of field that includes numerous play grounds, including the famous [[cricket]]ing venue [[Eden Gardens]], several [[association football|football]] stadiums and the [[Kolkata Race Course]]. The Maidan is dotted with statues and architectural works, the most notable being the Victoria Memorial. Due to the freshness and greenery it provides to the metropolis, it has been referred to as the "lungs of Kolkata".<ref>{{cite news|title=In city's teeming heart, a place to gaze and graze  |first=Jim |last=Yardley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/asia/28india.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York|date= 27 January 2011 |access-date=27 November 2011|quote=To Kolkata, it is the 'lungs of the city,' a recharge zone for the soul.}}</ref> The property of the [[Indian Army]], the Maidan hosts the army's Eastern zone high command in [[Fort William, India|Fort William]]. The Maidan stretches from the [[Raj Bhavan, Kolkata|Raj Bhavan]] building on the [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]] in the north to the [[National Library of India|National Library]] on Belvedere Road in [[Alipore]] in the south. The wide field stretches from the [[Hooghly River]] in the west to the Victoria Memorial in the east. It is a historical and cultural center of Kolkata as well as a center of leisure and entertainment for Calcuttans.
 ==History==