Things to do in Samali, West Bengal
Samali is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Maheshtala police station in the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
30 places to visit in and around Samali, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.
- 1Black Hole of Calcutta
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet, in which troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, held British prisoners of war on the night of 20 June 1756.
- 2Fort William, West Bengal
Fort William, officially Vijay Durg, is a fort in Hastings, Calcutta. It was built during the early years of Britain's administration of Bengal.
- 3Sabarna Sangrahashala
Sabarna Roy Choudhury was a Zamindar family of Mughal Bengal. They controlled significant swathes of territory, including what would later become Kolkata, prior to the sale of zamindari rights in 1698 to the East India Company.
- 4Kalighat Temple
- 5Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
- 6Alipore Central Jail
The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail, also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a defunct Indian prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule. It also housed the Alipore Jail Press.
- 7Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary
Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary, formerly known as Kayaler Bagan, is a bird sanctuary located in West Bengal, India, south of Kolkata. This garden is famous for its wide variety of birds, butterflies, ferns and orchids.
- 8Birla Planetarium, Kolkata
The Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is a single-storeyed circular structure designed in the typical Indian style, whose architecture is loosely styled on the Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi.
- 9Gurusaday Museum
The Gurusaday Museum is a folk arts and crafts museum located in Kolkata, India.
- 10Narendrapur Wildlife Sanctuary
Narendrapur Wildlife Sanctuary in South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal is an Orchard Plantation and constitutes only 17 acres and is rich in smaller birds, specially paradise flycatcher, oriole, etc.
- 11St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata
- 12Prinsep Ghat
- 13Zoological Garden, Alipore
- 14Birla Industrial & Technological Museum
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum is a science museum in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is a unit under National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
- 15Rabindra Sarobar
- 16State Archaeological Museum
State Archaeological Museum, West Bengal in Kolkata, West Bengal, is an archeological museum founded in 1962 and has collections including rare tools of the Early, Middle and the Late Stone Ages from Susunia and other sites, proto-historic antiquities from…
- 17Birla Mandir, Kolkata
- 18Lake Kalibari
- 19Radhakanta Temple, Chetla
- 20Tipu Sultan Masjid Tollygunge
- 21Pathrakaliamman Temple
- 22St. Thomas Church, Kolkata
- 23Experimenter Gallery
Experimenter is a contemporary art gallery co-founded by Priyanka and Prateek Raja in Kolkata. It represents several important artists in the contemporary art scene from across the globe.
- 24Jamini Roy Museum
The Jamini Roy Museum is a planned museum located in the former residence of artist Jamini Roy. In early 2023, DAG acquired Roy's residence – a 75 year old structure located in Ballygunge, Kolkata.
- 25Achipur Chinese Temple
- 26Shri Laxminarayan Temple, Kolkata
- 27Shakuntala Park
- 28Outram Ghat
- 29Hastings Chapel, Kolkata
- 30Diocese of Baruipur