It received its name from the goddess Chitteswari, who had a splendid temple here erected by Gobindram Mitter, where human sacrifices used to be offered.

According to it, Chitpur was home to Chakrapani, Commander-in-Chief of the Nawab of Bengal's army, and had a flourishing colony of artists.

[2] The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement.

After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them.

[6] The Chitpur Nawab lived on terms of intimacy with the 'powers' of the day and was accounted by them as a personage of first rank.

The foreign governors—Danish, French and Dutch—on their visits to Kolkata from Serampore, Chandannagar and Chinsurah, made it a practice to halt at Chitpur on their way to the Government House.

[6] Entally, Manicktala, Beliaghata, Ultadanga, Chitpur, Cossipore, parts of Beniapukur, Ballygunge, Watgunge, Ekbalpur, Garden Reach and Tollygunj were added to Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1888.

The chicken (murgi) market (hat) was Murgihata, twin (jora) bridges (sanko) over a creek distinguished Jorasanko, butchers (kasais) slaughtered animals at Kasitola, and the potters (kumors) spun the river clay on wheels at Kumortuli.

So many things on Chitpore Road have been an integral part of Bengal's life and culture – the paan (betel leaf mouth refresher), the adda (stray gossiping), jatra shows and the brass band playing "He is a jolly good fellow" to enliven wedding receptions.

[11] A part of Lower Chitpur Road rivalled the Chandni Chowk of Delhi before construction of Nakhoda Mosque in 1926.

It is Kolkata's museum with communities and social groups from various parts of country and beyond finding a place in nooks along the road.

With the Hooghly River on the west, it is surrounded by Cossipore, Bagbazar, Paikpara, Tala, Belgachia and Shyambazar on the other three sides.

The first two stations, Howrah and Sealdah, were built more than a century ago and now both of them have reached the saturation point in capacity.