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Prinsep Ghat (Bengali: প্রিন্সেপ ঘাট) is a Ghat built during British Raj along the river bank of Hooghly and on its bank on Kolkata side. The Palladian porch in the memory of eminent orientalist James Prinsep famous for deciphering the inscriptions of Ashoka was designed by W. Fitzgerald and constructed in 1843.It is located between the Water Gate and the St George’s Gate of the Fort William. It was built in 1841 and named after James Prinsep the Anglo-Indian scholar and antiquary.
