Writers Building

The Writers' Buildings, often shortened to just Writers', is the official secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata, India. The 150-metre long building covers the entire northern stretch of the Lal Dighi or Red Lake at the centre of historic B. B. D. Bagh, long considered as the administrative and business hub of the city.

It's a historical building situated at the heart of City of Joy, at BBD Bag / Sidho Kanhu Dohor. Before the year 2011, it was the headquarter of Government of West Bengal. Currently renovation work of this heritage building is going on. Some government offices are remaining here. Many important buildings are present in its surrounding like Fairly Place, headquarter of Eastern Railway, GPO, Collectorate Buildings, Calcutta Stock Exchange, Lal Bazar, the H. Q.of Kolkata Police etc. Historical Lal Dighi also remains opposite to Writers' Buildings. Beside it construction of BBD Bag metro station is going on also. Big big markets like Canning Street Market, Burabazar etc.also remains in close proximity of this heritage building. Overall, a building to see if someone visits Kolkata.

Writers' Building is the official secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata, India. It is located in BBD Bagh, formerly known as Dalhousie Square, and is one of the most iconic buildings in the city.

The building was constructed in 1777 and was originally used to house the junior clerks of the British East India Company. It is a three-storey building with a red brick facade and a Corinthian colonnade. The building has been extended several times over the years and now covers an area of over 55,000 square feet.

Writers' Building is a Grade I heritage building and is protected by the West Bengal Heritage Commission. It is also a popular tourist destination and is visited by thousands of people every year.

Here are some interesting facts about Writers' Building:

It is one of the largest secretariat buildings in India.
It is the oldest three-storey building in Kolkata.
It was the site of the first meeting of the Indian National Congress in 1885.
It was also the site of the assassination of Inspector General of Police Colonel N. S. Simpson in 1930.
The building is home to a number of important government offices, including the office of the Chief Minister of West Bengal.
Writers' Building is a significant historical and cultural landmark in Kolkata. It is a symbol of the city's rich history and its vibrant present.

Writers building is a famous landmark of Government of West Bengal. It was the heart of the city in leftist era. Now, Nabanna, after becoming the administrative head of Government of West Bengal, it is losing its glory. Now it is refurbishment by the Government of West Bengal to give it a different look and preserve for a heritage. Most of the Government offices has been shifted to some other places remaining the building idle.

The Writers' Buildings, often shortened to just Writers', is the official secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata, India. The 150-meter long building covers the entire northern stretch of the iconic Lal Dighi or Red Lake at the centre of historic B. B. D. Bagh, long considered as the administrative and business hub of the city.
It originally served as the principal administrative office for writers (junior clerks) of the British East India Company (EIC). Designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777, the Writers' Building has gone through a long series of extensions over the centuries. Since India's independence in 1947, it housed the office of the Chief Minister of West Bengal, cabinet ministers and other senior officials, until 4 October 2013, when a major restoration of the building was announced. The majority of government departments were subsequently moved out to a new repurposed building named Nabanna in Howrah on a temporary basis.
Regarded as Kolkata’s first 3-story structure, the Writers’ Building in BBD Bagh (Dalhousie Square) is a renowned landmark. It is now the West Bengal Government Secretariat and is estimated to be valued at around Rs 653 crores.

The breathtaking architecture and interior design of the Writers’ Building in Kolkata bring in tens of thousands of visitors from all over the globe every year. It is an impressive 150 metres in length and many sculptures honouring Greek deities and the Roman goddess Minerva can be found within the structure.

The enormous complex comprises a total of 13 blocks, the last six of which were not built until after India attained its independence. Many sculptures depicting Greek deities and a sculptural representation of the Roman goddess Minerva may be seen throughout the structure.

Address:  Binoy Badal Dinesh Bag N Rd, Lal Dighi, B. B. D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001

By air:  The closest airport is Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, which provides service to all important cities in India. Once you have arrived, prepaid taxis or rental cabs can take you to the Writer’s Building.

By train:  Trains to all of India’s main cities depart from and arrive at Howrah Junction Station, the closest station. Visitors can take a bus, prepaid taxi or book a cab via one of Kolkata’s many reliable vehicle rental agencies. It is also possible to take a bus to BBD Bagh.

Local transport: :  Public transportation is plentiful and includes taxis, auto rickshaws, and the city’s historic trams, making it the only city in India with a functioning tram system. Writer’s Building’s tram stop is at B. B. D Bagh

Day Timings Monday – Saturday10: 00 AM – 6: 00 PMSundayClosed

Entry Fee: There is no entry fee to visit Writer’s Building.

The Writers building often shortened to just Writers', it was the official secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata. The 150-meter long building covers the entire northern stretch of the iconic lal dighi at the centre of historic B. B. D. BAG long considered as the administrative and business hub of the city.it originally served as the principal administrative office for writers (junior clerks) of the East India company (British India). Designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777, the Writers' Building has gone through a long series of extensions over the centuries. Since India's independence in 1947, it housed the office of the Chief minister of West Bengal along with cabinet ministers and other senior officials, until 4 October 2013, when a major restoration of the building was announced. The majority of government departments were subsequently moved out to a new repurposed building named Nabanna in howrah on a temporary basis.
The building has been called a mini-township of sorts with a built-up area of around 550,000 square feet. Before the shifting of the state secretariat, the building housed 34 departments of the state government, and served as the office for approximately 6,000 employees.
The building went under renovation in late 2013, in a project costing approx ₹2 billion (US$25 million). To facilitate this, the state Secretariat and Chief Minister's office temporarily shifted to an abandoned skyscraper owned by the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners Office named Nabanna in Howrah. In February 2014, the project was stalled after conservation experts and the West Bengal Public Works Department found the plan submitted by an architect firm insufficient. Meanwhile, a team of Jadavpur University and Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur architects were invited to conduct tests of the structure, before the actual renovation could be started.
The renovation efforts also involved the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). The team had also sought consultations with heritage conservationists from countries like Australia and Germany before submitting a detailed proposal in late-2015. But even by mid-2016, work on ground had not started due to government indecisiveness and bureaucratic red tape.
Engineers had to fortify the structure before the East West Metro Tunnel, part of the expansion of the Kolkata Metro, was dug past the building in November-2017.

Junior clerks were called writers in British rule. It was erected in 1780 for their resendtial purpose. It contained 19 apartments. It was Richard Barwell building. In 1862 Govt.bought it. During Surgery Ashley Eden all the government officias put together here. After Independence it became State Secretiat.

Heritage building! Built in the British era.a common rumour about this place is that it is "haunted"!

Staffs are very cooperative in every department. Be careful, because every path looks like same.

I visited it many times for an official purpose. Writer's Building is located in the Dalhousie area of Kolkata. It is the main building where all the official work of West Bengal Government. This was the first building which Brtish started in Kolkata. Here all officials of East India Company were writing all the records required for transacting business and subsequently about governance of areas where they expanded. After 1947 this became an office of Chief Minister and other ministers and top officials and was perceived as seat of power. On 8th December 1930 freedom fighters Benoy Basu, Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta dressed in European outfits shot dead the notorious Inspector General of Police, Colonel N. S. Simpson, infamous for his brutal oppression of the prisoners in the jail, in this Writers' Building. Now Dalhousie Square is named after the trio and is called B. B. D. Bagh.

A palace of ghosts, of yesteryear. A king devoid of a crown. A place of intellectuals now replaced by a pack of.

Writers’ Building is a famous building of West Bengal’s government. The building has a total length of 150 meters and stretches the entire part of the Lal Dighi pond. It may interest you to know that Thomas Lyon was the architecture of this magnificent structure. The building used to serve as the office for junior clerks for the British East India Company. Shockingly, the Writer’s building covers a total area of nearly 550,000 square feet.

Location:  Binoy Badal Dinesh Bag N, Lal Dighi, B. B. D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001.

Best Time to Visit:  Only during day time.

You can eat north Indian food behind writer's building. Price is good, and taste is also very nice.

অনেক পুরনো বিল্ডিং ভেঙে পড়ে যাওয়ার সম্ভবনা রয়েছে, তাই গিয়ে সতর্ক থাকবেন ️‍।

তবে হুম Medical cell এর লোকগুলো খুব ভালো.
NIC র লোকগুলোও খুব ভালো ️‍

राइटर्स बिल्डिंग पश्चिम बंगाल के कोलकाता में बीबीडी बाग़ के पास स्थित है। इसकी स्थापना 1770 ई. हुई थी। राइटर्स बिल्डिंग अंग्रेज़ों के शासन काल में लेखकों तथा ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी के निम्‍न अधिकारियों के मुख्‍यालय के रूप में काम करता था। 1947 में भारत की स्वतंत्रता के बाद से, यह 4 अक्टूबर 2013 तक इस भवन में मुख्यमंत्री कार्यालय, वित्त विभाग, गृह विभाग आदि सहित कई महत्वपूर्ण विभागीय मुख्यालय हुआ करते थे। बाद में अधिकांश सरकारी विभागों को अस्थायी आधार पर हावड़ा में नबन्ना नामक एक नए पुनर्निर्मित भवन में स्थानांतरित कर दिया गया। लेकिन यह विरासत कोलकाता शहर के केंद्र में स्थित भवन में अभी भी पश्चिम बंगाल सरकार के कुछ विभागों का विभागीय कार्यालय है। इमारत को लगभग 550,000 वर्ग फुट के निर्मित क्षेत्र के साथ एक मिनी-टाउनशिप कहा जाता है। राज्य सचिवालय के स्थानांतरण से पहले, भवन में राज्य सरकार के 34 विभाग थे, और लगभग 6,000 कर्मचारियों के लिए कार्यालय के रूप में कार्य करता था। इसके आसपास बहुत बड़ा मार्केट है। यह शहर का काफी क्राउडेड एरिया है। कार पार्किंग की थोड़ी समस्या रहती है। बगल में ही कोलकाता स्टॉक एक्सचेंज, जुट हाउस और रिजर्व बैंक ऑफ इंडिया भी है। कुल मिला जुला कर, यह कहा जा सकता है कि कोलकाता के हृदय में बसा यह एक ऐतिहासिक धरोहर है।

Must Visit Place!

The Writes Building a historical landmark of INDIAN. A historical place of Kolkata, which is famous for Attack of our great Bengal revolutionary Binay Badal and Dinesh.

Great historical place. Building constructed by British government and related to India's freedom. Inside you feel the time of India's independence

Its a heritage building, currently not in very good condition. Some parts are being renovated. But when you enter inside, you can feel the history.

It's a heritage building of Kolkata from British ruling. Nice architecture design like European buildings. A must visit if you're in Kolkata.

The Writers' Buildings, often shortened to just Writers', is the official secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata, India. The 150-meter long building covers the entire northern stretch of the iconic Lal Dighi pond at the centre of historic B. B. D. Bagh, long considered as the administrative and business hub of the city.

The northern part of BBD Bagh is taken over by Writers’ Building, Kolkata’s first three storied building. The construction of Writers’ Building began as early as in 1690. The building was meant for the East India Company to house the junior level servants who were then called ‘Writers’ and hence, the name of the building. The idea of establishing a centre for administrative services first came to the mind of the then governor, Warren Hastings.

Historically significant building located in Kolkata city now serving as Head quarters of WB govt constructed at various phases in british era a must visit site ro see the narvelousness of the buiding.good one n well maintained

Heart throb of west Bengal political, economical and administration hub. A legacy of British Raj. Although it has lost its importance in the present regime.

It's old amazing place. Old architecture and if I got chance again I want to talk like some more beautiful picture

This building is haritage, standing in BBD Bag more from British periods, there are many history about this building.

Not well maintained as the past time. But it is history of oppression in British period. A strictly protected place.

Privileged to enter the historical Building of British era. Amazed to see the interior of Writers' Buildings.

The Writers' Building was designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777 for the EIC, which wanted to consolidate its trading operations in India and centralize the tax operations the EIC undertook in Mughal Bengal. Over time, as British mercantile interest in India grew and the EIC defeated the Nawabs of Bengal, it was repurposed as the effective headquarters of the EIC and later the entire British Raj in the Indian subcontinent. For more than 200 years the building served as the centre of British power and claims, as the seat of government of the Bengal Presidency and later the province of Bengal. In the early part of the twentieth century, the building was the site of agitations, violence and assassination attempts during the Indian independence movement. [2] Since India's independence in 1947, it has served as the state secretariat and has been the location of turbulent politics, mob violence and police brutality. It has also become a popular metonym for the government of West Bengal, and especially the unbroken 34-year long Left Front rule in the state.

It is one of the oldest architectures in Kolkata and one the most important historical places. Formerly it was the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal which was later moved to Navanna by the then government.

The Writers' Building, often shortened to just Writers', is the official but currently unused secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata, India. The 150-meter long building covers the entire northern stretch of the iconic Lal Dighi pond at the centre of historic B. B. D. Bagh, long considered as the administrative and business hub of the city.originally served as the principal administrative office for writers (junior clerks) of the British East India Company (EIC). Designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777, the Writers' Building has gone through a long series of extensions over the centuries. Since India's independence in 1947, it housed the office of the Chief Minister of West Bengal, cabinet ministers and other senior officials, until 4 October 2013, when a major restoration of the building was announced. The majority of government departments were subsequently moved out to a new repurposed building named Nabanna in Howrah on a temporary basis.

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After a long time, I walked on the porch of Mahakaran again. The once center of power is now almost in ruins. What many may not know is that several important departments or parts of it still remain and work in the Writers Building.

Once upon a time, the office of my father, brother-in-law and uncle was in this Writers' Building. When I did not enter the government service, hearing this name on someone's face, I think what a distance mixed with respect. The scepter has been in this heritage building since the English period!

Or there was a great restriction for the common man to enter the Writer's building. Nothing more now. Most of the gates are closed. Only gates 5 and 6 open.

So much negligence, carelessness, yet the building condition is so good maybe because of that period. Even now the cement sand starts falling in the flat built by the promoter after one year! I took pictures of only a few parts which are in the best condition. The condition of the rest is not visible. If you give pictures on Facebook, people would think that maybe I have gone on a tour of a haunted house! So much rubbish, dust, dirt, piled up wooden doors and windows, weeds growing on the walls, if photographed, would really hurt the memory of many people. Reporters do not publish pictures of such crime scenes.

I don't know when the repair will be completed.

Yet we will not forget the Writers Building. The caste that forgets its past has no future left.

He will not be born a Bengali.

Even in these difficult times, the employees and many others who make a living by meeting the various needs of government employees have not lost their sincerity. When someone comes from outside, they greet very warmly.

After returning home, after listening to the story of the writers, my father said that his mind was very happy and refreshed, remembering the old office.

Writers have a number of food stalls, canteens, and always have their own freshly baked plate of freshly priced food. A couple of years ago, I was eating with my friend Bharati at the store opposite the Writers' Medical Cell, but I couldn't even walk past the store. When I came back I said fish fry day one. Grandpa of the shop said sit down, I am bringing fresh fried food from the kitchen.

The rain came as soon as I sat down. Soaking wet in the pouring rain, I returned home to take a bite of that freshly fried fishfry for 40 rupees.

A historical place built in British era this building is very much famous for the great freedom fighter of bengal Binay Badal & Dinesh this area is named after these great freedom fighter B B D Bag

The Writers' Building, was the secretariat building of the State Government of West Bengal .   The 150-meter long building covers the entire northern stretch of the iconic Lal Dighi pond in the downtown area of B. B. D. Bagh.

The writers building is a heart of this world.this is a haunted house in some times of day and every night for its hauntedfull activities in the store room of this house.

One of the famous place in the heart of kolkata it's made by British East India company this huge building is also known by its haunted and para normal activities. Its a Visitable place. This architecture and artistry is almost vanished.

The Writers’ Building was served as the office for writers of the British East India Company and housed the office of the Chief Minister of West Bengal. Writers Building is one of the major land mark of city of joy and must see tourist destination

It's is the historical place of kolkata build back in 1777 by the British East India Company. Then this is run by the British government before pre independence. It's the main headquarters of East India Company. Later the building run by the chief minister of Bengal after independence. This building not only being a state government office but also it have iconic and historical value. Recently the building are under some construction.

The Writers’ Building, located in the capital city of Kolkata, is a secretariat building of State Government of West Bengal. It is one of the many heritage buildings situated in Kolkata that brings out the essence of the British East India Company era. Stretched across Lal Dighi, a local water body in the B. B. D Bagh area of Kolkata, it has served as the office of Chief Minister of West Bengal up until 2013.

One gets to witness the impressive colonial architecture standing in the heart of the city. The glistering red structure has served as numerous offices, and there are rooms full of piles of paper. The Secretariat of West Bengal Government has shifted out of Writer’s Building to a new office known as Nabanna for temporary basis as Writers’ Building is under renovation currently. The lump-sum amount for the renovation project is INR 200 crores.

The Writers’ Building in Kolkata attracts thousands of tourists from across the world, drawn to its stunning architecture and design. While today the Writers houses the State Government of West Bengal. CenturiesAmong the many notable events that occurred during the building’s lifetime, the most memorable one perhaps was the assassination of Lt Col NS Simpson, the infamous Inspector General of Prisons. Three Bengali revolutionaries – Benoy Basu, Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta – disguised themselves as Westerners to get inside the Writers’ Building and shot the colonel, who was notorious for his brutal oppression of Indian prisoners. It is from the names of these freedom fighters that BBD Bagh – the central business district of Kolkata (and the location of Writers’ Building) – gets its name.

Writers Building or Mahakaran has been used as the administrative head quarter of the Government of West Bengal for a long time since the British colonial regime. Office of a number of departments of the Government of West Bengal

Established in the year of 1777.this place stands as an important landmark of indian freedom movement by Binoy Badal and Dinesh Bag.this place is also having one of the most interesting architecture.this huge red building stands as the capital of west bengal. Previously.but still now repair works are still going on.

Located at the centre of Kolkata on Binay Badal Dinesh Bag opposite Lalgighi, the Writers Building or Mahakaran has been used as the administrative head quarter of the Government of West Bengal for a long time since the British colonial regime. Office of a number of departments of the Government of West Bengal are situated at this heritage building. However, presently renovation works are going on at this building and administrative head quarter of the Government of West Bengal has been shifted to Nabanna in Howrah as a consequence.

The Writers’ Building is also known as Mahakaran and was constructed from the year 1777 by Thomas Lyon who was the chief designer for this building.

The main purpose for the construction of such a building was to accommodate the writers of the British East India Company. The place got its name from the fact that it provided workplace and residence to the writers or other servants of the East India Company.

Today the Writers’ Building is the secretariat of the state government of West Bengal and also the main office of the Chief Minister of West Bengal. It is located in the capital city of Bengal, Kolkata which used to be the capital of India for most parts of the British Raj.

The giant entrance or the pediment is marked by the statue of Minerva on the top who was the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, and wisdom. There are few notable statues on the top portion of the terrace.

Most mentionable statues on the terrace of Writers’ Building are that of Zeus, Hermes, Athena, and Demeter who have the inscription of Justice, Commerce, Science, and Agriculture christened below the statues.

The main facade of the building is red brick like in color and is a symbol if gothic and Roman architecture. The building is 150 meters long and is on the shore of the water body commonly called Lal Dighi in Kolkata.

Nearby there’s the Reserve bank of India building and the General Post Office of Kolkata. Today various departments of the West Bengal chief ministers’ regime are housed in the Writer’s Building.

Various incidences and important events of India’s struggle of Freedom took place here and the site is remembered for that purpose.

The Writers' Building Mahakaran, often shortened to just Writers', is the secretariat building of the State Government of West Bengal in India. It is located in West Bengal's capital city of Kolkata. The 150-meter long Writers' Building covers the entire northern stretch of a water body locally called Lal Dighi in the B. B. D. Bagharea. This originally served as the office for writers of the British East India Company, hence the name. Designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777, the Writers' Building has gone through several extensions over the years. It housed the office of the Chief Minister of West Bengal until 4 October 2013. Now most of the departments have moved out to another building named Nabanna in Howrah on a temporary basis for facilitating renovation. The giant pediment at the centre is crowned with the statue of Minerva. The terrace also contains several other statues and notable among them are four clusters of statues, christened 'Justice', 'Commerce', 'Science' and 'Agriculture', with the Greek gods and goddesses of these four streams lZeus,  Hermes,  Athena and Demeter respectively flanked by a European and an Indian practitioner of these vocations.
The Writers' Building was designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777 for the British East India Company. In 1821 a 128 ft-long verandah with Ionic columns, each 32 ft high, were added on the first and second floors. From 1889 to 1906 two new blocks were added, approached by iron staircases that are still in use. Writers' acquired its Greco-Roman look, complete with the portico in the central bay and the red surface of exposed brick. The parapet was put in place and the statues sculpted by William Fredric Woodington in 1883, that line the terrace, were installed.
1776:  The site of the demolished St Anne's church and the adjoining plot were granted to Thomas Lyon, after whom Lyons Range is named, to construct buildings to accommodate the junior servants of the East India Company or the "writers". Lyon was acting on behalf of Richard Barwell, member of the council, when Warren Hastings was governor. Writers' Building was the first three-storey building in Calcutta.
1800:  Fort William College, opened to train writers in Oriental languages, later moved to this building. Over the next 20 years, structural changes were made: a hostel for 32 students and an exam hall, which still exist, a lecture hall, four libraries and rooms to teach Hindiand Persian.
1821:  A 128 ft-long verandah with Ionic columns, each 32 ft high, were added on the first and second floors.
1830:  The college moved out of Writers' and the building fell into the hands of private individuals who turned it into living quarters, shops and godowns. The Government College of Engineering functioned from here for some time.
1871–74:  George Campbell, lieutenant governor-general, felt the need for a secretariat for "quick disposal of work". But the East Indian Railway Company occupied a large space at Writers' and was unable to find alternative accommodation.
1877–82:  Ashley Eden, lieutenant-governor of Bengal, was told to relocate the principal offices, housed on Sudder Street and Chowringhee, to Writers'. Because of the space crunch, initially three blocks were constructed.
1879–1906:  Two new blocks were added, approached by iron staircases that are still in use. Writers' acquired its Greco-Roman look, complete with the portico in the central bay and the red surface of exposed brick. The parapet was put in place and statues sculpted by William Fredric Woodington in 1883 were installed lining the terrace. Minerva stands above the central portico. Pre-independence, Writers' had a large courtyard with seven blocks. By 1970, all 13 blocks were constructed. The main block, including the rotunda and five main blocks, are heritage structures.

মহাকরণে সাধারণ মানুষের ঢুকতে নাকি ছিল মহা কড়াকড়ি । এখন আর কিছু নেই । বেশির ভাগ গেটই বন্ধই হয়ে গেছে । কেবল 5 নং ও 6 নং গেট খোলা ।
এত অবহেলা, অযত্ন, তবু বিল্ডিং কন্ডিশন এত ভালো আছে হয়তো সেই আমলের বলেই । এখনতো প্রোমোটারের বানানো ফ্ল‍্যাটবাড়িতে একবছর পর থেকেই সিমেন্ট বালি ঝরতে শুরু করে! আমি ছবি তুলেছি শুধুমাত্র সামান‍্য কিছু অংশের যার অবস্থা সবচেয়ে ভালো আছে । বাকি অংশের অবস্থা তো চোখে দেখা যায় না । ফেবুতে ছবি দিলে লোকে ভাবতো বোধহয় কোনো হান্টেড হাউসে ট‍্যুরে গেছি! এত জঞ্জাল, ধূলো ময়লা, গাদা করে রাখা উপড়ে আনা কাঠের দরজা জানলা ঝারোখা, দেওয়ালের গায়ে বেড়ে ওঠা আগাছা, আলোকচিত্রিত করে রাখলে সত‍্যিই অনেক মানুষের স্মৃতির উপর অত‍্যাচার হত ।

তবুও রাইটার্স বিল্ডিংকে আমরা ভূলবো না । যে জাত নিজের অতীত কে ভূলে যায়, তার কোনো ভবিষ‍্যৎও বাকি থাকে না ।
বাঙালি সে জাত হব না ।
এই দুরবস্থার দিনেও এখানকার কর্মচারীগণ ও আরো অনেক মানুষ যারা সরকারী কর্মচারীগণের বিভিন্ন প্রয়োজন মিটিয়ে জীবিকা নির্বাহ করেন, তাঁরা নিজেদের হৃদয়ের আন্তরিকতা হারিয়ে ফেলেন নি । বাইরে থেকে কেউ গেলে তাঁরা খুব উষ্ঞ ভাবেই অভ‍্যর্থনা জানান ।

It was constructed by Thomas Lyon to provide cheap accommodation to the clerks of the East India Company (writers), the Writer's Building of Calcutta continued to evolve, through the late 1700’s and well into the 1800’s, slowly becoming the landmark structure that it is today. It acquired it’s present Greco-Roman look between 1879 and 1906, during which time, two new blocks were added, as were a large number of statues to the newly built parapet lining the terrace.

Even though the Chief Minister’s office has shifted to the new building 'Nabanna' security at Writers’ continues to be tight, and there are policemen present there day and night.

The Writers' Building, often shortened to just Writers', is the secretariat building of the State Government of West Bengal in India. It is located in Dalhousie, kolkata.

The Writers’ Building in Kolkataattracts thousands of tourists from across the world, drawn to its stunning architecture and design. However, the colonial-era building has a history that’s just as interesting. While today the Writers’ (as it’s also known) houses the State Government of West Bengal, it has served multiple functions over the past centuries.

Built in 1777, the Writers’ Building was meant to accommodate junior servants, or ‘writers’ as they were called, of the East India Company. When it was leased to the company in 1780 for this purpose, it was described as looking like a ‘shabby hospital, or poor-house‘. After several structural changes over the next couple of decades, Fort William College set up camp there, training writers in languages such as Hindi and Persian, until around 1830. In the years that succeeded, the dwelling was used by private individuals and officials of the British Raj as living quarters and for shopping.

The chief minister's office was in this building until the current ruling party supremo decided to shift it's office to Nabanna to showcase the glorious victory over efficient communist government.

It is a historical place in Kolkata, which is right behind B B D Bag park. It is also in close proximity to other famous buildings in Dalhousie like GPO, Cathedral, Stephen House & BSNL RO. A big red color building built by British when India's capital was Kolkata. It was also the secretariat. This building was used last by the communist party as the CM's office. From Esplanade it is in walking distance of 10 minutes.

This building was made by the British administration and after indeoendence it became the main administrative building of West Bengal. Here all the State Ministers and Chief Minister with their office staffs used sit to run the State till 2011. After 2011 the main administrative building of the West Bengal was transferred to a building called NABANNA. Now the writers building alias Mahakaran (a Bengali name) is under reaping due to it' s old age.