Writers' building
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Writers' Building (Bengali:Mahakaran) is the secretariat of the West Bengal State Government and is located in the capital city of Kolkata. It originally served as the office for Company writers, hence the name. Designed by Thomas Lyon in 1780, it received its impressive Corinthian facade, an example of Neo-Renaissance, in 1889. There is a statue of Britannia atop the main entrance .
The building is located on the northern shore of the a water body locally called Lal Dighi in B.B.D. Bagh area. Various departments of the West Bengal government are housed in this building. It is an edifice of great political significance and memories of the Indian Independence Movement.
 The original building with Holwell's Blackhole incident monument in the background |
 Writers' Building, circa 1915 |
 Pre-Independence photograph of the facade |
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