Mahatma Gandhi road, initially known as Harrison Road, is an east-west thoroughfare in Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. After the independence of India in 1947 it was renamed as the Mahatma Gandhi Road (M.G. Road) after the father of the nation. M.G. Road runs from Sealdah Flyover (Vidyapati Setu) in the eastern limit to the threshold of Howrah Bridge in the west. In 1889, it became the first city to be lit by electricity. It is of the shortest distance between two major rail stations in Kolkata Metropolitan Area, Sealdah Station and Howrah Station. Several important places such as Sealdah Station, Surya Sen Street crossing, Amherst Street crossing, College Street/Bidhan Sarani crossing, Chittaranjan Avenue crossing, Rabindra Sarani (Chitpur Road) crossing, Netaji Subhas Road crossing, Burrabazar and Strand Road crossing/Howrah Bridge are on this road. vehicles c... अधिक पढ़ें