Metropolitan Building (Kolkata)
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metropolitan-building-kolkata-165-15157325
title:
Metropolitan Building (Kolkata)
text:
Metropolitan Building is a commercial building on Chowringhee Road in Kolkata near Esplanade. Formerly known as the Whiteaway Laidlaw department store, it was a famous department stores in Calcutta during the British Rule in India. It is one of the first departmental store in India. This neo-baroque emporium—with domes, a clock tower and arched recessed windows—exemplifies fashionable shopping during the British Raj in British India. The building was built in 1905. Post Independence, Metropolita
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Building in Kolkata, India
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Building_(Kolkata)
date created:
2012-03-21T12:29:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T12:56:15Z
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