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Explore The Places Of Kolkata Associated With The Indian Freedom Movement In 6 Hours
  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    History, Sightseeing, Story Telling

  • Duration

    6 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    Bengali, English, Hindi

Description

Join us on this tour and learn about the role of Kolkata and its great freedom fighters in the history of India's Independence struggle. Visit historic sites like the Writer's Building, Albert Hall, and the Shahid Minar. See the Paramount and Favourite cabins that brewed both tea and revolutionary ideas and Hyderi Manzil, now renamed 'Gandhi Bhawan.' 

Highlights
  • Learn about the role of Kolkata in India's freedom struggle
  • Visit the Writer's Building, once the working office of servants of the East India Company
  • Head to the black hole site where the black hole tragedy happened
  • See the Paramount Cabin, the meeting place for revolutionaries and intellectuals
  • Explore the Freedom Associated Sites of Bengal expand_more
    • Meet the tour guide at your hotel and start your day tour to Kolkata. Though it was the capital of the British Raj, Kolkata was also the cradle of many freedom fighters and revolutionaries. We will visit those places associated with the Indian Freedom movement. The stories and the site will give you goosebumps or might moisten your eyes. The meeting places, hideouts, the first place of the Swadeshi movement, the hall where our National anthem was first sung, and more to find out in this Azadi tour. 
    • Take a short walk to St. John's Church in Dalhousie Square. You will also visit the Writer's building, which was once the working office of servants of the East India Company. Today, it serves as an administrative office of the government.
    • Head to the black hole site where the black hole tragedy happened. According to history, prisoners were kept locked overnight in a room and mostly died due to suffocation.
    • See the other famous sites of the Town Hall, Shahid Minar, Albert Hall, and the Paramount and Favorite Cabin, which was the meeting place for revolutionaries and Bengal intellectuals.
    • Learn about the active political organization of the Indian Association at the Bharat Sabha (Indian Association hall), and go to the Hyderi Manzil.
    • End the tour.
What's Included
  • Professional English-speaking Kolkata guide
  • Transportation
What's Excluded
  • Anything not mentioned in inclusions
Know before you go
  • The tour also involves a short walk
Meeting Point

Hotel Lounge

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Persons
1 To 14 INR 3700 Per Person

This is a private tour

Starting From

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USD 46 / person