Taj Bengal is a hotel in Kolkata, India.[1] It opened in 1989. It stands about 5.0 km from the centre of Kolkata.[3]

Overview

Taj Bengal is an Indian luxury hotel in Kolkata, operated by the Taj Hotels and designed by American architect Bob Fox. The hotel was inaugurated on 10 October 1989 by Jyoti Basu, who was then the Chief Minister of West Bengal. The hotel was constructed at a cost of ₹45 crore (US$39.58 million) and took nearly five years to be completed due to protests that the hotel would disturb the migratory habits of the birds visiting the adjacent Alipore Zoo.

From “Taj Bengal” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

The hotel opened in 1989. [1]

Location

Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 5.0 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, the earliest is Great Eastern Hotel, opened in 1841. See Hotels in Kolkata.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

See also

References

  1. ^ Taj Bengal (Q110942881). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Taj Bengal. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-03-24.
  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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