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Deckers Lane: Dedicated For Foods

Deckers Lane of the city of joy, one of the most popular location for spicy food for working people of Dalhousi area. One can find here the flavours of Indian foods very cheap yet tasty. The century-old lane marked for only foods is one of the places of interest. The lane is recently renamed as James Hickey Sarani. On 29 January, in the year 1780, that is, 23 years after battle of Plassey, James augustus Hickey took the venture to publish first Indian newspaper 'Bengal Gazette' from Kolkata. To pay respect Hickey, Kolkata Municipal Corporation renamed Deckers Lane as James Hickey Sarani. -- A. B.