| Lalbazar | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kolkata |
| Pushpin Label Position: | Bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kolkata |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kolkata |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Metro Station |
| Subdivision Name4: | Central and Mahakaran |
| Seat Type: | Municipal Corporation |
| Seat: | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| Parts Type: | KMC wards |
| Parts: | 45, 46 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Elevation Ft: | 36 |
| Population Total: | For population see linked KMC ward pages |
| Timezone: | IST |
| Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 700001 |
| Area Code: | +91 33 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kolkata Uttar |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Chowranghee |
Lalbazar is a neighbourhood in Central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of the central business district adjoining B.B.D. Bagh area. The headquarters of the Kolkata Police is located here (18, Lalbazar Street) and is popularly known by the same name.
The road leading from the north-east corner of B.B.D. Bagh to Bowbazar was earlier known as ‘Avenue to the eastward’. It was also known as the Great Bungalo Road. In 1768, it was said to be the best street in Kolkata. The modern police office was the residence of John Palmer, one of the merchant princes of Kolkata. Earlier to that it was said to be ‘an old ruin of a house, formerly the residence of some native.’ The house next to it was the Harmonic Tavern, the handsomest house in its day and pulled down long back.[1]
Punishment in old Kolkata was often done by hanging. There was a gibbet at the crossing of Lalbazar and Chitpore Road (now Rabindra Sarani).[2]
Lalbazar is surrounded by Old Court House Street on the west, Bentinck Street/Rabindra Sarani on the east, India Exchange Place Road on the north and R.N. Mukherjee Road on the south. Lalbazar Street (westward extension of Bepin Behari Ganguly Street) passes through the middle of the area from east to west. Many buses ply along these roads.[3]
B.B.D Bag railway station on Kolkata Circular Railway line is the nearest railway station.