Country Boats And Ships At Hooghly River Calcutta, 1947 Photo
A 1947 photo shows country boats and ships at the Hooghly River in Calcutta (Kolkata). A local vendor and a man curiously watch on with a view of country boats and ships in the background. A massive ship lies berthed at Calcutta Port on the opposite bank of the Hooghly.
During historic times the Waterfront housed the trading posts of the Portuguese, Dutch, and Danish colonialists. The British set up their trading post in 1690. The city of Calcutta took root and spread out from the very banks of this Hooghly River after the British ousted the rival colonialists.
Calcutta was made the capital of British India in 1772 until it lasted till 1911. There are many remnants of the warehouses, factories, and residences of the colonialist’s occupation on the waterfront today. The Hooghly River branches off from its parent river the Ganges, that flows from the Himalayas. It has a great religious and economical significance, the river is sort of a literal lifeline of Bengal.
Read more- The Hooghly.
Did you know – that the river is approximately 260 km long.
From the collection- Government House Calcutta – Old Photo 1890., Map Of Travancore Backwaters & Coast c1866., Vintage Postcard Bangalore The Indian Gymkhana., Vintage Book 1912 – Kerala The Land Of Palms By I H Hacker., 1971 Raja Ravi Varma Commemorative First Day Cover.
