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The 42

Ward No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, India

The 257th tallest building in the world

260 m · 853 ft

The 42 is a residential skyscraper in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India. It is located on Chowringhee Road, the central business district of the city, between the commercial building of Tata Centre and the residential building of Jeevan Sudha. It was first proposed in 2008 but construction was delayed for nearly two years. The construction was completed in 2019, making it the tallest building in the country at that time. It is the tallest completed building in India outside of Mumbai, and the 14th tallest building in the country overall.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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