Sinthee

History

The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across the Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as Dihi Panchannagram and Sinthee was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the Maratha Ditch.

Geography

Location

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Sinthee is surrounded by South Dum Dum and Dum Dum in the east, Dum Dum Road in the south, Baranagar in the north, Cossipore & Barrackpore Trunk Road in the west.

Police district

Sinthee police station is part of the North and North Suburban division of Kolkata Police. Located at 145/1 South Sinthi Road, Kolkata-700050, it has jurisdiction over Sinthee neighbourhood/ Ward No. 2 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Amherst Street Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.

Landmarks

• Rabindra Bharati University
• B. T. Road Government Sponsored H. S. School
• Birla Institute of Technology
• Department of Economics, University of Calcutta

Transport

Road

B.T. Road passes along the west boundary of Sinthee. Many buses ply through 'Sinthee More' on B.T. Road. The only bus (Private bus) which enters into Sinthee is 30A (Sinthee More - Esplanade), which runs along KC Ghosh Road.

A large number of buses ply on B.T. Road via Sinthee More are as follows:

WBTC Bus

• AC 54 (Rathtala - Howrah Stn)
• S 9A (Dunlop - Ballygunge Stn)
• E-32 (Nilgunj Depot - Howrah Stn)
• AC-54B (Barrackpore - Howrah Stn)
• AC 20 (Barrackpore - Santragachi)
• S 32 (Barrackpore Court - Howrah Stn)
• S 11 (Nilgunj Depot - Esplanade)
• S 57 (Ariadaha - Nabanna)
• S 58 (Barrackpore - Karunamoyee)
• M-34 (Dum Dum Cant - Esplanade)

Private Bus

• 30A (Sinthee More - Esplanade)
• 34C (Noapara - Esplanade)
• K-4 (Dakshineswar - Ruby)
• 78 (Barrackpore - Esplanade)
• 78/1 (Rahara - Babughat)
• 201 (Nimta - Salt Lake Sector V)
• 214 (Sajirhat - Babughat)
• 214A (Sodepur Girja - Esplanade)
• 32A (Dakshineswar - Salt Lake Sector V)
• 222 (Bon-Hooghly - Behala Chowrasta)
• 230 (Kamarhati - Alipur Zoo)
• 234 (Belgharia - Golf Green)
• 234/1 (Belgharia - Golf Green)
• S-164 Mini (Tobin Road - BBD Bag)
• S-180 Mini (Belgharia - Howrah Fire Service)
• S-185 Mini (Nimta Paikpara - Howrah Stn)
• Nagerbazar - Salap More Bus
• Nagerbazar - Dankuni Housing Bus
• Lake Town - Dankuni Housing Bus
• Kamalgazi - Dankuni Housing Bus
• Barrackpore - Howrah Stn Bus
• Madhyamgram - Howrah Stn Bus
• Shyambazar - Bagnan Bus etc

Train

Dum Dum Junction is the nearest railway station of Sinthee. Dum Dum Metro Station is the neighborhood subway station.

References

References

2. "Kolkata Statistics". Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
3. "District Census Handbook Kolkata, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
4. Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', first published 1909/reprint 1980, pages 103-4 and 221, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
5. Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, pp. 14-15, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
6. "Kolkata Police". KP.
7. Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory, Fourth Impression 2003, Map No. 1, D.P.publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata - 700 073.
8. Google maps
9. "AC 54 Bus Services". You Find Go.