Hatibagan#Daily markets

File:Star Theatre Arnab Dutta.jpg]]

The area is under Shyampukur{{cite web | url = http://www.kolkatapolice.org/section.asp?PSID=1&Typ=PS |title = Shyapukur Police Station | access-date = 2007-08-10 | work = Kolkata Police |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201323/http://www.kolkatapolice.org/section.asp?PSID=1&Typ=PS |archive-date = 2007-09-27}} and Burtolla police stations. It is next to Shyambazar. The place is popular for its shops, markets, cinema halls and old theatres. No other places in Kolkata cover as many cinema & theatre halls as Hatibagan. One of the most popular and famous cinema halls here is the Star Theatre, with many people in North Kolkata choosing to watch films there instead of multiplexes because of its low ticket prices. Hatibagan is one of the oldest traditional markets in Kolkata city. One can buy typical Bengal silk and cotton saris here. Hatibagan broadly covers Ward No. 10 and 11 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.Map no. 7, Detail Maps of 141 Wards of Kolkata, D.R.Publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata – 700073

This locality is also renowned for having some of the best Durga Puja committees in the city.Hatibagan Sarbojanin and Hatibagan Nabin Pally being the most notable ones.

The Japanese had dropped a bomb at Hatibagan market during World War II but it did not explode.{{cite web | url = http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=6&id=26469&usrsess=1 | title = Hatibagan Market: Too strong for WW II, too weak for fire| access-date = 2007-08-16 | work = Bengal | publisher = The Statesman, 17 May 2002 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926214054/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=6&id=26469&usrsess=1 |archive-date = 2007-09-26}} The major portion of the market was gutted in a fire on 22 March 2012.

There are two main views on the etymology of the name Hatibagan. Hati means elephant, bagan means garden. According to one view, the elephants of the Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah were posted here when he attacked Kolkata in 1756. Another view suggests someone with the surname Hati had a villa with garden in this area, leading to the name. The villa was bought by Mehtab Chand Mullick who initiated the market.{{cite news|title=দশ ঘণ্টার যুদ্ধে হেরে নিঃস্ব হাতিবাগান|trans-title=Hatibagan loses in ten-hours long fight|newspaper=Anandabazar Patrika|date=23 March 2012|access-date=23 March 2012|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/23cal1.html|language=bn|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323070700/http://anandabazar.com/23cal1.html|archive-date=23 March 2012}}

Hatibagan market, along with Maniktala, Sealdah, Lake Market and Gariahat markets, is amongst the largest markets in Kolkata. The larger markets of Kolkata have two sectors – inner and outer. The inner market is the official or core market in a planned building and the outer is a makeshift arrangement of pavement stalls.Bandopadhyay, Raghab, Calcutta’s Markets, in Calcutta, The Living City Vol II, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Page 118, First published 1990, 2005 edition, {{ISBN|0-19-563697-X}} Hatibagan Market at 82, Bidhan Sarani is a private market spread across 1 acre. Vegetables, fruits, betel leaf, fish, meat, egg, spices etc. are available.{{cite web| url = http://www.wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/bazar/kolkata1.html| title = Primary Hats/ Markets of District| work = Markets in Brief - Kolkata| publisher = West Bengal State Marketing Board| access-date = 11 April 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180402051015/http://www.wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/bazar/kolkata1.html| archive-date = 2 April 2018| url-status = dead}} It is a hustle-bustle area spread beyond the market arena onto the footpaths. "From fashionable wears to home decors and goods, you will get each and everything that you need."{{cite web| url = https://www.yatra.com/india-tourism/shopping-in-kolkata/hatibagan-market|title = Hatibagan Market | publisher= yatra| access-date = 11 April 2018}} Earlier, Hatibagan had a pet market, which has been shifted to Galiff Street.{{cite web| url = http://121clicks.com/photo-stories/galiff-street-pet-market-by-soumya-shankar-ghosal|title = Galiff Street Pet Market |date = 14 October 2014 | publisher= 121 clicks| access-date = 11 April 2018}} A fire had gutted Hatibagan Market in 2012. The market houses more than 1,500 shops in two buildings.{{cite news| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Hatibagan-Market-gutted-in-fire-cursed-city/articleshow/12375168.cms |title = Hatibagan Gutted in Fire-cursed City |newspaper = The Times of India |date = 23 March 2012 | publisher= The Times of India, 23 March 2012| access-date = 11 April 2018}}{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/1150814/jsp/calcutta/story_37098.jsp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150817161434/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150814/jsp/calcutta/story_37098.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 17 August 2015 |title = Hatibagan market fire| publisher= The Telegraph, 14 August 2015| access-date = 11 April 2018}}

Two major roads those cross through Hatibagan are Bidhan Sarani (formerly Cornwallis Street) & Aurobindo Sarani (formerly Grey Street). Many buses and auto-rickshaws ply along these roads. Kolkata tram route no. 5 serves the area (via Bidhan Sarani).Google maps

Kolkata Station, one of the five major railway-terminals of Kolkata Metropolitan Area, is the nearest railway station. Bidhannagar Road railway station and Sovabazar Ahiritola railway station are also located nearby.

{{reflist}}

{{external media

| float=right

| video1= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL8kz6xRxQY Shopping at Haibagan market]

}}

{{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/North Kolkata}}

{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}

Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata