and two more recommendations
Kolkata: Sunflower Guesthouse, Royd Street; N 22 33 177 E 088 21 276. I paid 1380 rupees for a simple but ok room with ac and attached bathroom. It is a reasonable price for a guesthouse smack in the centre of town. Friendly staff. They insist you park your bike in the store room, two steps up and through a narrow door. But safe!
Baharampur: hotel Samrat. Driving from Kolkata to Darjeeling (or from Darjeeling to Kolkata) hotel Samrat in Baharampur, just south of Murshridabad, is an excellent option to stay over for the night. Coming from Kolkata it is a bright yellow building on your right handside, just before the centre of Baharampur. From the dusty road to Samrat is as from hell to paradise. The hotel has a nicely manicured lawn and a fenced parking lot. Staff is friendly and helpful. I got a very good room ("new room" they said) with ac, tv, bathroom for just 900 rupees. Samrat has a restaurant which is good but not unforgettable and you can get plenty of  there. Hotel Samrat belongs to the best places I have stayed in India. It is a pity that Baharampur is just a dusty town. Beware: there are not that many nice places to stay between Kolkata and Shiliburi!
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