Great Eastern Hotel is a hotel in Kolkata, India.[1] It opened in 1841. It stands about 2.1 km from the centre of Kolkata.[3]

Overview

The Great Eastern Hotel (officially The LaLiT Great Eastern Kolkata) is a colonial era hotel in the Indian city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). The hotel was established in 1840/41; at a time when Calcutta, the seat of the East India Company, was the most important city in India. Referred to as "Jewel of the East" in its heyday, Great Eastern Hotel hosted several notable persons visiting the city.

From “Great Eastern Hotel, Kolkata” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

The hotel opened in 1841. It is listed as a KMC Heritage Building Grade IIB. [1]

Location

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Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 2.1 km from the centre of Kolkata. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU), about 13 km from the centre of Kolkata.[4]

It is one of 257 hotels in and around Kolkata recorded in Wikidata, 236 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 2 with a recorded opening date, it is the earliest. See Hotels in Kolkata.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

See also

References

  1. ^ Great Eastern Hotel (Q15217311). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Great Eastern Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-26.
  3. ^ Kolkata (Q1348). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Kolkata. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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