The Princep Ghat was built in the everlasting memory of James Princep, a researcher and past Secretary of the Asiatic Society here. The Ghat was opened to public in the year 1843 and is one of Kolkata's oldest recreation spot. In its initial years, all the royal British entourages used the Princep Ghat jetty for embarkation/disembarkation.
Tourists can spend hours together sitting on the benches and watching the uncluttered Kolkata life pass by gently. On the distant horizon, the magnificent Howrah Bridge and the the awesome Vidyasagar Setu makes for a kaleidoscopic vignette hanging on the large stretch of the beautiful Hooghly river with an occasional glimpse of a boatmen singing songs of the river.
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