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noun - the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world
A city of eastern India on the Hooghly River in the Ganges delta.
CALCUTTA - Kolkata ([kolkata] ( listen), also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on ...
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This city was founded by England's East India Trading Company in 1690 |
Robert Clive recaptured this city from the Nawab of Bengal in 1757 |
Luckily, the 1947 Alan Ladd film named for this city wasn't a "black hole" in his career |
The winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature, Rabindranath Tagore was born in this former capital in 1861 |
From 1773-1912 this city, India's largest, served as the nation's capital |
This city has a population density of about 79,000 people per square mile, the country's highest |
In 1756 this city's "black hole" made news |
In 1756 the Nawab of Bengal had the British East India Company garrison holed up in this city |
Calcutta,Thimphu,Phnom Penh |
The government of the state of West Bengal lives in the Raj Dhavan, or Government House, in this city |
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Kolkata ([kolkata] ( listen), also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. The city is widely regarded as the "cultural capital" of India, and is also nicknamed the "City of Joy". In 2011, the city had a population of 4.5 million, while the population of the city and its suburbs was 14.1 million, making it the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. Recent estimates of Kolkata Metropolitan Area's economy have ranged from $60 to $150 billion (GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity) making it third most-productive metropolitan area in India, after Mumbai and Delhi.In the late 17th century, the three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the N |