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Outram Ghat is situated along the Strand to the South of Babughat which was named after General Sir James Outram. This used to be the main mooring for ships to Bangladesh and Burma. This place is now an unique spot for people to chill out in the sweltering summer afternoons and evenings. It houses the Explorers Club, an association for marine adventurers. It also has a floating restaurant and you can find country boats for hire. 


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Between the Water Gate and the St George's Gate of the Fort William, on the riverbank is the Prinsep Ghat. It was built in 1843, James Princep was the secretary of 'The Asiatic Society' from 1832-1838. His life was a prolonged, tenacious research on meteorology, chemistry, Indian scriptures, numismatics, archaeology, mineral resources etc. His remembrable achievement in his life has been to decipher the doctrines of Emperor Ashoka, from the inscriptions in rocks and boulders.

He was also the Mint Master at Kolkata when he deciphered the Brahmi Script employed by Emperor Ashoka in his Edicts. James Prinsep was died on 22nd Aril, 1840 at a mere age of 41. The memorial is set in a square with Ionian Column s holding up a 40 foot roof. Afterlife of Prinsep, the people of Kolkata collected a fund and built the “Princep Ghat to commemorate their beloved man. 


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If you are a nature lover and like surprising yourself with the splendors of Nature then the Indian Botanical Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta) must be on your destination list. The garden takes pride in displaying the innumerous species of plants and the brilliant natural habitat for the growth and development of the total flora world. The Indian Botanical Gardens Kolkata (Calcutta) is located on the other side of the Kolkata city in a suburb of Kolkata named Shibpur, an area in the Howrah District.
The chief attraction of the Botanical garden though is the famous Banyan Tree and the lake. The massive Banyan tree is expected to be the oldest in the world and covers a huge area of 404 sq metres. The main trunk of the tree got infected and had to be removed in 1945,