Nehru Park | |
Settlement Type: | Park |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Coordinates: | 23.634°N 86.947°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Paschim Bardhaman |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Acre: | 64 |
Elevation M: | 75 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Registration Plate: | WB |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Asansol |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Location |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | North bank of Damodar River |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Precipitation |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 1300mm |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Avg. summer temperature |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | 40°C |
Blank3 Name Sec2: | Avg. winter temperature |
Blank3 Info Sec2: | 25°C |
Nehru Park is located on the banks of the Damodar River at Burnpur, a neighbourhood in Asansol in the Indian state of West Bengal.
The park was planned by F. W. A. Lahmeyer, general manager of the IISCO Steel Plant. Although officially named Riverside Park, it was nicknamed Lahmeyer Park. In 1989, the 100-year anniversary of the birth of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, the park was renamed Nehru Park.[1] A cast iron statue of Nehru, cast at Kulti Works, then part of IISCO, was installed in the park.