Chatterjee International Center, Commercial high-rise building in Central Business District, India
The Chatterjee International Center is a 24-storey office tower rising 91 metres on Chowringhee Road, also listed as Jawaharlal Nehru Road, in Kolkata's central business district. Completed in 1976, it was the first building in eastern India to pass twenty floors, and its recent makeover has refreshed the exterior.
Completed in 1976, the Chatterjee International Center was the first building in eastern India to rise above twenty floors and stood among the tallest in the country at the time. It reaches 91 metres across 24 floors. A makeover of the building has recently been completed.
The building changed how Kolkata approached vertical construction and reshaped the city center's character through its modern form. Local professionals and businesses view it as a landmark that marked Eastern India's transition toward contemporary urban spaces.
The building sits at 33A Jawaharlal Nehru Road with convenient connections to local buses and taxi services throughout central Kolkata. As primarily an office structure, access depends on business purposes and tenant availability during business hours.
It was the first structure in Eastern India to exceed 20 floors, breaking ground for how the region approached tall buildings. This pioneering status made it a symbol of technical capability and modernization ambitions across the region.
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