Walking down Theatre Road - with breakfast at The Astor

When

Sun, 5 July 2026

Where

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Price

Price TBA

Walking down Theatre Road Sunday, July 5, 2026 7:30am to 10:30am Starting point : The crossing of Theatre Road with JN Road Ending point : The crossing of Theatre Road with AJC Bose Road On a rainy day in the late 17th century, an enterprising agent of the British East India Company named Job Charnock sailed along the Hooghly River, a tributary of the Ganges that flows from high in the Himalayas into the Bay of Bengal, and pitched a tent on its swampy banks. The company bought three riverside villages. Soon they would become a port — flowing with opium, muslin and jute — and then, as the capital of British India until 1912, draw conquerors, dreamers and hungry folk from all over the world. Calcutta, India’s first modern city, was born. Over the years, it acquired many names: City of Palace