12/01/2024
One Sk. Hasan Reza migrated to Kolkata from a village Haveli in Benaras and Lucknow from AWADH-
following departed NAWAB WAZID ALI SHAH by ANGREZ SARKAR. REZA STARTED
MAKING Kathi Kababs and Parathas at the dawn of 19 th century from a very small stall. The
Englishmen, mainly military people from nearby Fort Williams who visits Hogg Market area for food,
drinks OPERA and other lucid pleasures. They were often accompanied by their temporary women
accompaniers and always in a hurry and also did not like the oily touch of PARATHAS in their hand, so
he stuck upon a brilliant idea of wrapping up the Kathi Kabab and Parathas in to fine pieces of paper
and thus how rolls came into existence. This Kathi Roll became very popular and inspired by its success.
Reza took his stall to a bigger place in 1932 in front of Calcutta Municipal Corporation and named the
Eatery after Reza’s son Sk. Nizamuddin to institutionalize the Kathi Roll and oyher Lucknow delicacies
originated from different parts of Middle Asia like Samarkand, Bukhara, Ispahan, Khiva, Kabul, Peshwar
etc. AND this became the most ultimate destination of authentic Mughal – Persian food. THE FAME,
THE TASTE, THE AROMA of its dishes attracted not only the common people, but connoisseurs and
the luminaries of all walks of life. SHELTER, one of the leading business house of Kolkata has taken its
button to run the Legendary NIZAM’S and now in the process of adding more colorful feathers to its
HAT.
