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Kolkata
Kolkata 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.
What Bengal thought today, India thought tomorrow’, is a
famous line associated with the city for having produced some of the greatest
thinkers, artists, film makers and writers like Rabindranth Tagore, Bankim
Chandra Chattopadhyay and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Satyajit Ray. Indeed,
ideas in Kolkata in the fields of art, literature, cinema and theater have provided
inspiration to rest of the country
Earlier
known as Calcutta, the city was founded in 1698 and served as the capital of
British India till 1911 and then was shifted to Delhi. The city was
renamed, Kolkata in 2001. Located along the banks of river Hoogly, Kolkata
is connected to Howrah by the iconic Howrah bridge.
The
city’s colonial past is reflected in its architecture. Raj Bhavan, Writers’
Building and the Victoria Memorial
Hall are just some of the many buildings that hark back to a bygone era.
Kolkata is also home to some of the best educational institutes in the
country.
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