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Indira Gandhi Sarani

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}Indira Gandhi Sarani, formerly Red Road, is a road in Kolkata that runs from Raj Bhavan to Fort William. The road, a wide boulevard, was built in 1820.^[1] It bisects the Kolkata Maidan.^[2] The British authorities intended for the road to be able to host large parades.^[2] The name 'Red Road' was given due to its surfacing.^[2]

During the Second World War, the road, in the heart of Calcutta, served as a landing strip for Fighter aircraft.^[3] The annual Kolkata Marathon starts from outside the Rangers Club on Red Road.^[4]

The name 'Indira Gandhi Sarani' was adopted in 1985.^[5]

References

1. ^Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, 1909/1980, p 72, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2. ^¹²{{cite book|author=Robert H. Farquharson|title=For Your Tomorrow: Canadians and the Burma Campaign, 1941-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMMO-X1D2I8C&pg=PA97|year=2004|publisher=Trafford|isbn=978-1-4120-1536-3|page=97}}
3. ^{{Cite news|title=Calcutta Airstrip Again is Street|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate|date=3 December 1945|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19451203&id=NF4dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KFoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4707,6654470&hl=en}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newsx.com/sports/16008-ninth-edition-of-kolkata-marathon-to-be-held-on-march-6 |title=Ninth edition of Kolkata marathon to be held on March 6 |publisher=NewsX |date=2015-12-24 |accessdate=2016-01-08}}
5. ^{{cite book|author=P. Thankappan Nair|title=A history of Calcutta's streets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o40cAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Firma KLM|page=420}}

2 : Roads in Kolkata|Monuments and memorials to Indira Gandhi

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