Spence's Hotel
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Spence's Hotel
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Spence's Hotel was a hotel established in Kolkata in 1830. It was near the Government House. It no longer exists. Various sources describe Spence's Hotel as either the first hotel in Asia, or in India, or in Kolkata. The hotel is mentioned in Jules Verne's The Steam House as a place where the characters stay during a visit to Kolkata. It was the inspiration for the hotel described in the Sankar's 1962 novel Chowringhee. On 16 January 1861 Duleep Singh met his mother Jind Kaur at the hotel. They
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spence%27s_Hotel
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2024-01-23T18:54:04Z
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