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*[http://endsal.wikipediauchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_219.gif Howrah City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/wiki/Howrah Howrah] Wikipedia1911 Love to Know Encyclopaedia<br>*[http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/skchhowrahdoc.html A view of the Howrah Dockyard] from the website of the [http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/index2.html Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta]<br>
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{{Locations_Infobox|presidency= [[Bengal]]|image=|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=22.59,88.31&z=13&t=h&hl=en 22.59°N, 88.31°E] |altitude= 12 m (39 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howrah Howrah ] |stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal West Bengal]|country= India|transport= }}{{Places of Interest|title=Howrah|name=Howrah|link=xxxxx}}=====THIS PAGE IS WAITING FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION===== '''Howrah''' is situated across the river from [[Calcutta]], on the west bank of the Hoogly Hugli River. It was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_212.gif Howrah District] in the division of the same name in Bengal during the British period. ==Spelling variants==Modern name: Howrah<br>Variants: Habara
== Howrah Bridge==
The Howrah Bridge was designed to link Howrah and with the city of [[Calcutta]]. The old Floating Pontoon Bridge was built by Sir Bradford Leslie in 1874. It was largely a timber construction which opened to let river traffic through. [[Image:Howrah Bridge - Calcutta.jpg|right|thumb|180x|View of old Floating Pontoon Howrah Bridge]]
In 1937 work began on a new bridge - which is a landmark of Kolkata (Calcutta) today, being one of the foremost cantilever bridges in the world. It was formally opened in 1943 and the old bridge was decommissioned soon after in 1946. The new bridge was renamed Rabindra Setu in 1965 to honour Rabindranath Tagore - the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. However, it is still commonly referred to as the Howrah Bridge.
==External links==
===Historical books online===
[http://www.archive.org/stream/howrahomalley01omal#page/n5/mode/2up ''Bengal District Gazetteers: Howrah''] 1909 Archive.org
[[Category: Locations]][[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
