Watgunge

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Country India
Municipal CorporationKolkata Municipal Corporation
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code+91 33
Watgunge
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Doi Ghat, Watgunge
Doi Ghat, Watgunge
Watgunge is located in Kolkata
Watgunge
Watgunge
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°32′54″N 88°19′25″E / 22.548323°N 88.323654°E / 22.548323; 88.323654
Country India
StateWest Bengal
CityKolkata
DistrictKolkata
Municipal CorporationKolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward74, 75, 76
Population
 • Total
For population see linked KMC ward page
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code+91 33
Lok Sabha constituencyKolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKolkata Port

Watganj or Watgunge is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Watgunge is named after Colonel Henry Watson (1737–1786), who set up the first dockyard in Bengal.[1]

History

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Colonel Watson started building the shipbuilding docks in 1779 in the present Watgunge area.[2]

Watgunge was included in the Kolkata municipal area in 1888.[3]

In 1888, one of the 25 newly organized police section houses was located in Watgunge.[4]

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