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Kolkata,

1920

Native Street Scene, Harrison Road, Calcutta

Harrison Road in Kolkata is now known as Mahatma Gandhi Road

In 1911, the Calcutta Improvement Trust took the decision to construct a Central Avenue. By 1926, the southern part of this street was complete. M.G. Road - the common name for Mahatma Gandhi Road - was the first street in Kolkata to be electrically lit in the early 1890s. Dr. Jagadish Chandra Bose was