Tiriti Bazaar

Highlights

• Tiriti Bazaar, also known as Chinatown, & also spelled as Tiretta Bazaar is a neighborhood near Lalbazar in Central Kolkata.
• It is usually called Old China Market.
• The locality was once home to 20,000 ethnic Chinese Indian nationals, but now the population has dropped to approximately 2,000.
• Most of the Hakka Chinese people in the area moved closer to Tangra.
• The traditional occupation of the Chinese Indian community in Kolkata had been working in the nearby tanning industry as well as in Chinese restaurants.

Dress Code

Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

History

• •The bazaar is named after Edoardo Tiretta, an Italian immigrant from Venice, who was a land surveyor and owner in the area during late 18th-century.
• •During the time of Warren Hastings, the first governor-general of Bengal, a businessman by the name of Tong Achew established a sugar mill, along with a sugar plantation at Achipur, 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Calcutta, on the bank of the Hooghly River near the town of Budge Budge.
• •A temple and the grave of Tong Achew still remain and are visited by many Chinese Indians, who arrive from the city to celebrate Chinese New Year.

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