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Ferry rides, paper cones of jhalmuri, and the timeless silhouette of Howrah Bridge 🌉
21/02/2026

Ferry rides, paper cones of jhalmuri, and the timeless silhouette of Howrah Bridge 🌉

09/02/2026

This rare photograph from 1959 captures Chowringhee Square, Calcutta’s cultural heart, covered in movie posters that once ruled the streets.

06/02/2026

Sholay Mania 1982 | Rare Footage of Cinema Craze Outside Jyoti Cinema 🎬
In 1982, years after its release, Sholay continued to draw massive crowds.
People stood in long queues outside Jyoti Cinema, waiting patiently just to buy a ticket — a sight unimaginable today.



04/02/2026

This rare photograph from 1959 captures Esplanade (Dharamtalla)—the bustling heart of post-Independence Calcutta.


02/02/2026

This rare photograph from 1944 shows the streets of wartime Calcutta, at a location now known as Swissotel Kolkata Neotia Vista.


Lal Bazar - Calcutta 1980
01/02/2026

Lal Bazar - Calcutta 1980

01/02/2026

This rare photograph from 1932 captures an extraordinary moment in Old Calcutta—
a young girl confidently driving a small car, sharing the road with a towering double-decker bus.

31/01/2026

This rare photograph from 1944 captures the Strand Road Tram Terminus, one of the busiest transport hubs of Old Calcutta, set against the mighty Howrah Bridge during the World War II era.


31/01/2026

This rare photograph from 1949 captures Metro Cinema, Calcutta, during the screening of MGM’s film “The Red Danube”—a moment frozen in the golden age of Kolkata’s cinema culture.

31/01/2026

On May 5, 1961, during the Birth Centenary of Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray’s legendary film “Teen Kanya” opened at Bharati Cinema, Kolkata.

30/01/2026

This rare photograph from 1944 takes us to Chowringhee Square, Esplanade, the beating heart of Old Calcutta


30/01/2026

This rare photograph from 1944 captures an utensils shop in Khiddirpore, Old Calcutta, during a time when Kolkata was shaped by World War II, colonial rule, and everyday survival.


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