Hogg Market

  • The necessity for a separate market for the ‘whites’ arose out of their apathy of brushing past ‘natives’ at the local market. 
  • This prompted the Calcutta Corporation to purchase and demolish Fenwick’s Bazar (built by Edward Fenwick) and in its place was erected the first municipal market of Calcutta. 
  • This market situated at Lindsay Street also happens to be the largest retail market. 
  • Built in Victorian Gothic architecture was inaugurated in January 1874 and given the pen name ‘New Market’. 
  • Later on it was named Sir Stuart Hogg Market to honor the chairman of the Calcutta Corporation at the time of the market’s inception.
    • The map of NewMarket

  • Since then the market merchandises a plethora of items including fish, meat, flowers, confectionaries, clothes, upholsteries, ceramics, utensils, books, stationaries and all products imaginable. Today it is a one stop destination thronged by the ‘natives’ and occasional ‘white’ visitors.
  • Nahoum and Sons is a well known confectionary shop rustling up signature items like fruit cake and plum cake. Its founder, Nahoum Israel Mordecai was a skilled baker who started selling confectioneries from door to door. In 1902 he set up his shop in the current positional of the floral outlets of New market. It later shifted to its present location in 1916. The traditional kosher food gave way to European and Anglo Indian items later on. The shop is being run generation wise. 

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