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Area
  
Beadon Street


Location
  
2p, Strand Bank Road, Beadon Street, Kolkata – 700006

Nimtala crematorium or Nimtala burning ghat or Nimtala ghat is a crematory located at Beadon Street, Kolkata. West Bengal.

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History

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The burning ghat came up in 1827. In 2010 the central government of India rejuvenated and upgraded the crematorium which cost ₹140 million (US$2.1 million). Rabindranath Tagore was cremated here (north Calcutta burning ghat). There is a Rabindranath Tagore Memorial in the crematorium compound which was beautified in the 2010 project.

Notable funerals

  • Manik Bandopadhyay
  • Rabindranath Tagore

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    References

    Nimtala crematorium Wikipedia
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