TheEast India Company obtained from theMughal emperorFarrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across theHooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall ofSiraj-ud-daulah, the last independentNawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 fromMir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc asDihi Panchannagram and Sinthee was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of theMaratha Ditch.[2][3][4]
Amherst Street Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.[5]
B.T. Road passes along the west boundary of Sinthee. Many buses ply through 'Sinthee More' onB.T. Road. The only bus (Private bus) which enters into Sinthee is 30A (Sinthee More - Esplanade), which runs along KC Ghosh Road.[7]
A large number of buses ply onB.T. Road via Sinthee More are as follows:
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^Nair, P.Thankappan,The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta, inCalcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, pp. 14-15, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition.
^ab"Kolkata Police".North and North Suburban Division. KP. Retrieved5 March 2018.
^Kolkata: Detail Maps of 141 Wards with Street Directory, Fourth Impression 2003, Map No. 1, D.P.publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata - 700 073.