Jorasanko, Calcutta
E341521
Jorasanko, Calcutta is a historic neighborhood in north Kolkata, India, best known as the ancestral home of the Tagore family and a major center of Bengali cultural and literary life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jorasanko, Calcutta canonical | 3 |
| Jorasanko, Calcutta, British India | 1 |
| Jorasanko, Kolkata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3264080 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jorasanko, Calcutta Context triple: [Dwijendranath Tagore, placeOfBirth, Jorasanko, Calcutta]
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A.
Udbodhan House, Calcutta
Udbodhan House, Calcutta is a historic building associated with the Ramakrishna movement, best known as the Kolkata residence of Sarada Devi and the headquarters of the Bengali magazine "Udbodhan."
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B.
Garden Reach, Calcutta
Garden Reach, Calcutta is a riverside neighborhood in Kolkata, India, historically notable as the exiled residence of Awadh’s last Nawab, Wajid Ali Shah.
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C.
New Town, Kolkata
New Town, Kolkata is a rapidly developing planned satellite city on the eastern fringes of Kolkata, known for its modern infrastructure, IT and business parks, and emerging residential and commercial hubs.
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D.
Serampore
Serampore is a historic town on the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, known for its colonial-era architecture and as a former Danish trading settlement.
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E.
Nazrul Mancha, Kolkata
Nazrul Mancha, Kolkata is a prominent open-air auditorium and cultural venue in Kolkata named in honor of the revolutionary Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jorasanko, Calcutta Target entity description: Jorasanko, Calcutta is a historic neighborhood in north Kolkata, India, best known as the ancestral home of the Tagore family and a major center of Bengali cultural and literary life.
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A.
Udbodhan House, Calcutta
Udbodhan House, Calcutta is a historic building associated with the Ramakrishna movement, best known as the Kolkata residence of Sarada Devi and the headquarters of the Bengali magazine "Udbodhan."
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B.
Garden Reach, Calcutta
Garden Reach, Calcutta is a riverside neighborhood in Kolkata, India, historically notable as the exiled residence of Awadh’s last Nawab, Wajid Ali Shah.
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C.
New Town, Kolkata
New Town, Kolkata is a rapidly developing planned satellite city on the eastern fringes of Kolkata, known for its modern infrastructure, IT and business parks, and emerging residential and commercial hubs.
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D.
Serampore
Serampore is a historic town on the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, known for its colonial-era architecture and as a former Danish trading settlement.
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E.
Nazrul Mancha, Kolkata
Nazrul Mancha, Kolkata is a prominent open-air auditorium and cultural venue in Kolkata named in honor of the revolutionary Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic district
ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Bengali literature
ⓘ
Bengali music ⓘ Bengali theatre ⓘ Brahmo Samaj intellectual circles ⓘ |
| associatedWithFamily | Tagore family ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Bengali Renaissance
ⓘ
surface form:
Bengal Renaissance
Bengal School of Art ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Abanindranath Tagore
ⓘ
Debendranath Tagore ⓘ Dwarkanath Tagore ⓘ Gaganendranath Tagore ⓘ Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalInstitution |
Rabindra Bharati Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
Rabindra Bharati Museum at Jorasanko Thakur Bari
Rabindra Bharati University ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | name derived from a bridge with sixteen beams (jora shanko) over a canal ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Bengali cultural heritage ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Jorasanko Thakur Bari
ⓘ
surface form:
Jorasanko Natyamandir (historic theatre spaces)
Jorasanko Thakur Bari ⓘ
surface form:
Jorasanko Rajbari
Jorasanko Thakur Bari ⓘ Rabindra Bharati Museum ⓘ Rabindra Bharati University ⓘ
surface form:
Rabindra Bharati University (Jorasanko campus)
|
| heritageStatus | recognized as a significant cultural heritage zone of Kolkata ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
center of 19th-century Bengali intellectual life
ⓘ
center of nationalist and reformist thought in Bengal ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bengali cultural life
ⓘ
Bengali literary life ⓘ ancestral home of the Tagore family ⓘ |
| language | Bengali (primary local language) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Calcutta
ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
North Kolkata ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
West Bengal
ⓘ
surface form:
State of West Bengal
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn | eastern bank of the Hooghly River (nearby) ⓘ |
| nearbyArea |
Burrabazar
ⓘ
Chitpur Road area ⓘ Pathuriaghata ⓘ Shobhabazar ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kolkata Metropolitan Area
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surface form:
Kolkata urban area
old Calcutta city core ⓘ |
| postalCode | 700007 (approximate primary PIN code) ⓘ |
| religion |
Hinduism (majority)
ⓘ
Islam (minority) ⓘ |
| transportConnection |
served by Sovabazar Sutanuti metro station (nearby)
ⓘ
served by local bus routes in North Kolkata ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jorasanko, Calcutta Description of subject: Jorasanko, Calcutta is a historic neighborhood in north Kolkata, India, best known as the ancestral home of the Tagore family and a major center of Bengali cultural and literary life.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jorasanko, Calcutta, British India
this entity surface form:
Jorasanko, Kolkata
subject surface form:
Dwijendranath Tagore