[3] The Sabarna Roy Choudhury Paribar Parishad, and nine other intellectuals of the city filed a public interest litigation before the Kolkata High Court in 2001 demanding a probe into the matter whether Job Charnock can be regarded as the founder of Kolkata.

The Court, upon an Expert Committee finding, declared that Job Charnock cannot be regarded as the founder of the city.

[3] Amongst the more renowned people cremated there was Rabindranath Tagore and the place is marked with a memorial structure.

[7] Amherst Street Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and the North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.

Baishab Seth Street-PK Tagore Street-Jadulal Mullick Road passes through the middle of the locality from north to south.