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The Eden Gardens were started by Lord Aukland's sisters and are beautifully laid out. They were the main gathering place of Calcutta Society in the time of the British Raj. They are also the home of India's oldest cricket ground, the Calcutta Cricket Club, and have a lake which was the home of the Rowing Club. Beside the lake is a Burmese Pagoda brought from Prome and set up in 1856.
There were also many statues in the Gardens.
==Churches and missions=='''Anglican'''*[[St Paul's Cathedral]] - completed in 1847*St James Church - see [http://members.fibis.org/archive/J5.pdf FIBIS Journal 5], ''The Man Who Built St James Calcutta''*St John's Cathedral Church - conscreated 1787*Old Mission Church '''Roman Catholic'''*RC Cathedral (Virgin Mary of the Rosary) - built 1797*St Theresa - built 1893*St Thomas' Church - begun in 1841, adjacent to the Convent of Our Lady of Loreto '''Other denominations'''*St Andrew's Church of Scotland - opened 1818*Greek Church - established 1780*Armenian Church '''Missions'''*Church Mission Society*Free Church of Scotland - started in 1830*London Missionary Society*Oxford Mission - Church of England*Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (Anglican) ===Non-Christian places of worship===As well as the temples and mosques that served the general Indian populace, Calcutta also housed:*Parsi temple*Synagogue*Chinese temple ===Cemeteries===See also[[Cemeteries in Calcutta]]. ==Education==*Bengal School of Art*Bishop's College, Circular Road - run by the Oxford Mission*Doveton College*Martiniere School ==Economy and business==
*[[Calcutta Businesses in 1933]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kolkata History of Kolkata], ''Wikipedia.''
*[http://members.lycos.co.uk/calcutta1940s/ Calcutta 1940's]
*[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=&vps=1&jsv=156c&sll=22.570526,88.351815&sspn=0.00959,0.019312&gl=uk&ie=UTF8&geocode=FWZuWAEdd1NEBQ&split=0 Kolkata, Google Maps] Map with many buildings marked
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