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also been renaming proposals to realign the official name, hence the English name with an alternative local name. Ethnically sensitive examples include the proposals by the Bharatiya Janata Party (1990, 2001) to rename Ahmedabad to Karnavati and Allahabad to Prayag. These two proposals are changes from the historically Mughal name to a Hindu native name. These can be represented as a change from Urdu language to Hindi language, but since the two languages are variants of Hindustani the proposal is effectively a cultural and ethno-religious proposal rather than a linguistic one. Official name changes take place quickly if not immediately
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football and other sports. The word "Kolkata" derives from the Bengali term "Kôlikata" () [ˈkɔlikat̪a], the name of one of three villages that predated the arrival of the British, in the area where the city eventually was to be established; the other two villages were Sutanuti and Govindapur. There are several explanations about the etymology of this name: Although the city's name has always been pronounced "Kolkata" [ˈkolkat̪a] () or "Kôlikata" [ˈkɔlikat̪a] () in Bengali, the anglicised form "Calcutta" was the official name until 2001, when it was changed to "Kolkata" in order to match Bengali pronunciation. The discovery and
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the High Court of Judicature at Fort William on 1 July 1862 under the High Courts Act, 1861, which was preceded by the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William. Despite the name of the city having officially changed from "Calcutta" to "Kolkata" in 2001, the Court, as an institution retained the old name. The bill to rename it as "Kolkata High Court" was approved by the Cabinet on 5 July 2016 along with the renaming of its two other counterparts in Chennai and Mumbai. However, the High Court still retains the old name. The seat of the Calcutta High
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after [[economic reforms in India]] introduced by the central government in the mid-1990s. Since 2000, [[Information Technology]] (IT) services revitalized the city's stagnant economy. The city has also experienced a growth in the manufacturing sector. Following similar moves elsewhere in the country, the state government changed the city's official name from "Calcutta" to "Kolkata" in 2001. [[Category:History of Kolkata| ]] [[Category:History of West Bengal]] History of Kolkata Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta in English, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and is located in eastern India on the east bank of the River Hooghly. The city
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Mahatma Gandhi Road (Kolkata) Mahatma Gandhi Road or M.G. Road, previously known as Harrison Road, is a principal East-West thoroughfare in north Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta), the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. In 1889 this was the first street of the city to be lit by electricity. Mahatma Gandhi road was initially known as Harrison Road. After the independence of India in 1947 the Harrison Road in Kolkata was renamed Mahatma Gandhi Road (M.G. Road) and the name of the upper part of Chowringhee was changed to Jawaharlal Nehru road. In 1889 when Calcutta Electric Supply
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State, Maharaja of Patiala, and the Raja of Cooch Behar State. The society campaigned for the utilization of the Mohsin Fund and drew attention of the British government to the educational needs of the Muslim community of India. It survived till 1930 when its name changed to Muslim Institute of Calcutta. Mohammedan Literary Society Mohammedan Literary Society was a historic literary society based in Kolkata for Muslims of South Asia. Mohammedan Literary Society was founded by Nawab Abdul Latif in 1863 in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. The society was located at Latif's residence in 16 Taltala, Kolkata. Latif was
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Kolkata. The company soon changed its name to Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation. It commissioned the first thermal power plant in India, at Emambagh Lane, near Prinsep Ghat, in 1899. The switching over from horse-drawn carriages to electricity by Calcutta Tramways Company in 1902, provided further impetus to the rise in power consumption. The years of power shortage in the 1970s and 1980s, have been left behind. Now, CESC serves 2.8 million consumers. Total electric consumption in Kolkata district has gone up from 6,424 million KWH in 2006-07 to 8,135 million KWH in 2010-11. Water supply: Newspaper reports, quoting KMC officials,
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Twain), Nikita Khruskhev and Queen Elizabeth II. When David died in 1880 his net worth was over £60,000. David Wilson (hotelier) David Wilson (1808 - 1880) worked as a confectioner in Calcutta and on 18 November 1840 he opened the Auckland Hotel at 1-3 Old Court House Road in Calcutta. The hotel was also known as Wilson's Hotel and changed its name to the Great Eastern Hotel. It became the most famous hotel in India and is still functioning today as the Grand Great Eastern Kolkata and is part of the Bharat Hotels Group. Wilson was born in Brilley, Herefordshire
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David Wilson (hotelier) David Wilson (1808 - 1880) worked as a confectioner in Calcutta and on 18 November 1840 he opened the Auckland Hotel at 1-3 Old Court House Road in Calcutta. The hotel was also known as Wilson's Hotel and changed its name to the Great Eastern Hotel. It became the most famous hotel in India and is still functioning today as the Grand Great Eastern Kolkata and is part of the Bharat Hotels Group. Wilson was born in Brilley, Herefordshire in 1808. He married Mary Mandy (née Rose) in Calcutta in 1838. One of their grandchildren was Lieut
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Asiatic Society of Bengal" and again in 1936 it was renamed as "The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal". Finally, on 1 July 1951, the name of the society was changed to its present one. The Society is housed in a building at Park Street in Kolkata (Calcutta). The Society moved into this building during 1808. In 1823, the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta was formed and all the meetings of this society were held in the Asiatic Society. In January 1784 Sir William Jones sent out a circular-letter to a selected number of British residents of Calcutta with a
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Park Street, Kolkata Park Street (officially Mother Teresa Sarani and earlier Burial Ground Road), is a famous thoroughfare in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. The street runs through what was a deer park of Sir Elijah Impey, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Calcutta from 1773 to 1789, hence the earlier name. Its current official name was given by Kolkata Municipal Corporation in honour of Mother Teresa. In the 1970s and 1980s much of Kolkata's night life took place at Park Street. Many noted musicians had played at popular night spots such as Trinca's, Blue Fox, Mocambo
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1919 in Karimganj, which was then in undivided Assam, a State of British India. His father was Chandranath Dutta Choudhury and his mother was Hem Nalini. His grandmother's brother, Gurusaday Dutt, had named him Chirakumar, but his father later changed the name to Chiraranjan Dutta Choudhury. This name he changed in 1943 to Khaled Choudhury (though he did not change his religion), as a consequence of strained relationship with his father. He moved to Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1945. He died there after an illness on 30 April 2014. In 1945, he joined the Bharatiya Gananatya Sangha (Indian People's Theatre
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Corporation (India) Limited from 1989, and the name was changed from The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (India) Limited to CESC Limited. In 2011, CESC became a part of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, which was formed on 13 July 2011 by Sanjiv Goenka, the youngest son of Dr RP Goenka, the late founder of RPG Enterprises. Load-shedding (interruption of power supply due to shortage of electricity) was common in Kolkata during the 1970s and 1980s. Recently the Calcutta power grid has seen progressively better performance and fewer outages. CESC owns and operates 4 thermal power plants generating a total of 1,225
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began his musical journey. His job saw him posted at Hyderabad and here he began taking lessons in Hindustani classical music from Pandit Lahanu Babu Rao. Shortly after, he got transferred to Calcutta (now Kolkata) where he kept his assignation with music alive under the tutelage of Pandit Girija Shankar Chakraborty. Subsequently, when his job required his transfer from Kolkata, he left the job and stayed on in the city. He married Malabika Kanan, another acclaimed Hindustani vocalist of the time. It was during his stay at Calcutta that he earned a name for himself by his melodious voice and
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Etymology of Kolkata This article describes several theories on Etymology of Kolkata, (erstwhile Calcutta in English) the capital of the Indian eastern state of West Bengal. The rent-roll of Akbar, the sixteenth-century Mughal emperor, and the work of a Bengali poet, Bipradaas, of the late fifteenth century, both make mention of the city's early name's being "Kolikata", from which Kolkata/Calcutta are said to derive. There is lot of discussion on how the city got its name. There are different views on the issue. The most popular and likely one is that the city got its name from its connection to
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East Kolkata Wetlands The East Calcutta Wetlands, (22 0 27’ N 88 0 27’ E), are a complex of natural and human-made wetlands lying east of the city of Calcutta (Kolkata), of West Bengal in India. The wetlands cover 125 square kilometers, and include salt marshes and salt meadows, as well as sewage farms and settling ponds. The wetlands are used to treat Kolkata's sewage, and the nutrients contained in the waste water sustaining fish farms and agriculture. The name East Calcutta Wetlands was coined by Dr. Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, Special Advisor(Agricultural Ecosystems), Commission on Ecosystem Management,IUCN, who reached this incredible
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The Calcutta Swimming Club The Calcutta Swimming Club (mainly known by its acronym CSC), located on the Strand Road near Babughat in Kolkata, is the oldest swim club in India. The club was built in 1887 under the name Calcutta Swimming Bath by order of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. The present structure and club were founded by Walter Davis, a partner of Hamilton & Company, who was also the first Secretary of the Club. The Lieutenant Governor of Bengal was the Head of the Club from its inception until 1923 when Mr. N. Hamilton was elected as its first
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laid June 7th, 1862. Consecrated by Bishop Cotton 25th July, 1864. The Revd. Dr. Jarbo, Chaplain.</poem> 167, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) - 700 0014. West Bengal. India. St. James' Church, Kolkata St. James' Church in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, is one of Kolkata's most elegant churches. Built in 1862. the twin spires of the St. James' Church dominates Kolkata's skyline. It is popularly known as Jora Girja (Bengali:জোড়া গির্জা), literally meaning twin church for its twin spires. The present church was built to replace an older one of the same name which was situated in Nebutolla Lane,
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Supreme Court of India. Although the name of the city was changed from Madras to Chennai in 1996, the Court as an institution did not follow suit, and retained the name as the Madras High Court. However, a Bill to rename the "Madras High Court" as the "Chennai High Court" was approved by the cabinet on 5 July 2016, along with the change of name of the Calcutta High Court and Bombay High Court as Kolkata High Court and Mumbai High Court respectively. The Bill called High Courts (Alternation of Names) Bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha on
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Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Metropolitan Area Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, has many densely populated towns and districts on its outskirts. Greater Kolkata consists of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and parts of the North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts and perhaps parts of Howrah and Hooghly districts. But the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) also consists of some areas of Nadia district. The major municipal areas which are a part of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority or KMDA Kolkata conurbation are: Many towns in Greater Kolkata are being incorporated within the Kolkata postal area, with their postal PIN codes being changed so
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India Government Mint, Kolkata The India Government Mint, Kolkata was first established in 1757, and was located in a building next to the Black Hole in the old fort – where the GPO (General Post Office) stands today. It was called the Calcutta Mint and used to produce coins with the mint name Murshidabad. The second Calcutta Mint was established with the modern machinery brought in 1790 from England. It was located at the site of Gillet Ship building Establishment, which had been taken over by the Stamp and Stationary Committee in 1833. The coins issued from this mint continued
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Burmese pronunciation (compare with what happened in India with Calcutta/Kolkata and Calicut/Kozhikode). These renamings took the form of the "Adaptation of Expressions Law", passed on 18 June 1989. Thus, for instance, Rangoon was changed to Yangon to reflect the fact that the "r" sound is no longer used in Standard Burmese and merged with a "y" glide. As for the country's name, the commission decided to replace the English name "Burma" with "Myanmar", for three reasons. First, "Myanma" is the official name of the country in the Burmese language, and the aim of the commission was to have English place
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Sukumar and Suprabha Ray in Calcutta. Satyajit Ray's family had acquired the name 'Ray'(originally 'Rai') from the Mughals. Although they were Bengali Kayasthas, the Rays were 'Vaishnavas' (worshippers of Vishnu) as against majority Bengali Kayasthas who were 'Shaktos' (worshippers of the Shakti) . Sukumar Ray died when Satyajit was barely three, and the family survived on Suprabha Ray's meager income. Ray studied at Ballygunge Government High School, Calcutta, and completed his BA in economics at Presidency College, Calcutta then affiliated with the University of Calcutta,(now Kolkata)though his interest was always in fine arts. In 1940, his mother insisted that he
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It was then further sold to German consumer goods company Henkel, which incorporated Henkel India. More recently, the company once again changed hands and was acquired by VVF, a contract soap manufacturer, while Henkel retained the rights to the products and focused on their marketing. The company was owned by the family of senior journalist and Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta until its acquisition by Shaw Wallace. Calcutta Chemical Company The Calcutta Chemical Company was a pharmaceutical company established in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1916 by K.C. Das, B.N. Maitra, and R.N. Sen. Its founding was at
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concurrent with the eighteen revenue districts of the State (excluding the metropolitan city of Kolkata) which comprises one of the two general police districts of West Bengal as under the Police Act 1861. The other general police district consists of the major portions of the metropolitan area of Kolkata, and has a separate police force (Kolkata Police) constituted and administered under the Calcutta Police Act 1866 & Calcutta (Suburban Police) Act 1866. This arrangement, unique in India, was conceived during colonial times when Calcutta was the capital of British India. The city police have been kept independent of the state
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in the city. The first Ezra Cup was held in 1880. As part of its 150 years celebration, the Calcutta Polo Club organized Ezra World Cup at the Pat Williamson Ground, Kolkata from 18–25 December 2011. It has been doing so since 2006 when the game was revived in Kolkata by Calcutta Polo Club president Keshav Bangur. Calcutta Polo Club is in its 150th year making it the oldest polo club in the world still in existence, and the hosts made the 2011 season a treat to remember. Calcutta is also home to the oldest polo ground in the world
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decision was taken to form a club with a membership policy not dictated by race. The club had historically restricted membership to men. However, this was changed in 2007 and the club started admitting women members. The club also has reviewed it child policy and has started admitting children above the age of twelve years of age at all times since very recently. Calcutta Club Calcutta Club () is a social club located on Lower Circular Road in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. It was established in 1907 and the first president of the club was the Maharajah of Cooch Behar,
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Pravrajika Bhaktiprana Pravrajika Bhaktiprana, a Hindu sannyasini, is the fourth president of the Sri Sarada Math and Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, Dakshineswar, in Kolkata, India. She took over as president of the institution on 2 April 2009. In her name "Pravrjika" means "mendicant nun" and the ending word suufixed to her name Bhakti is 'prana' which means "who is devoted to" Bhaktiprana was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in October 1920. She did her school education from the Gouri Ma’s Saradeswari Ashram in Calcutta. Right from a very young age her interest was towards spiritualism, and she was associated with the
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Women ODIs and 1 Women T20I. Jamindar of Calcutta, Babu Rajchandra Das, had gifted one of his biggest gardens besides river Hoogly, to Auckland Eden and his sister Emli Eden after they helped him by saving his 3rd daughter from a fatal disease like Tuberculosis. From then onwards the garden's name was changed from Mar Bagan to Eden Gardens. The stadium was established in 1864. The stadium gets its name from the Eden Gardens, one of the oldest parks in Kolkata, adjacent to the stadium, designed in 1841 and named after the Eden sisters of Lord Auckland, the then Governor-General
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School and Presidency College is one of the largest in Kolkata. David Hare established the school in 1818, opposite Hindu College, in the heart of College Street after establishing the Calcutta School David Hare Book Society and the Hindu College, Kolkata (now Presidency College) in 1817 and the Calcutta School Society in 1818. The school started with the name "Arpuli Pathshala" and later as Colootala Branch School, finally it was renamed Hare School in 1867. Hare School Hare School is one of the oldest schools in Kolkata, India, teaching grades one to twelve under the West Bengal Board of Secondary
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The building is registered as a heritage structure and the renovations maintained essential features of the building, such as its facade and the grand staircase. The hotel has been divided into three parts - Heritage I, Heritage II and New Block. Great Eastern Hotel (Kolkata) The Great Eastern Hotel (officially The LaLiT Great Eastern Kolkata) is a colonial era hotel in the Indian city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). The hotel was established in 1840 or 1841; at a time when Calcutta, the seat of the East India Company, was the most important city in India. Referred to as "the Jewel
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number of devoted and enthusiastic readers from the city of Kolkata, and outside. The magazine folded just after three issues in 2010. Drighangchoo Drighangchoo was an independent magazine published from Kolkata (earlier Calcutta), India and it wa the first print magazine in India to deal exclusively with "mature" comics and sequential graphic art. The magazine devoted most of its contents to comics for "mature readers", and its name draws inspiration from a fable of the same name by Sukumar Ray, which is about a troubled king's search for a mystery crow. The magazine started off in 2009 when six comics
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it was sold to the Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan, The Nizam initially named it as "Saba Palace" later on it was changed as Nizam Palace. Nizam Palace (Kolkata) Nizam Palace formerly known as "Galstaun Park" is a tyre A heritage building in Kolkata, constructed during the early 19th Century, in the year 1933 the Nizam of Hyderabad acquired it as his residence in Kolkata (formerly known as "Calcutta") from a businessman of Armenian descent Johannes Carapiet also known as J. C. Galstaun (1859-1947). Its former guests were King Edward VIII and the palace was used as a
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Great Eastern Hotel (Kolkata) The Great Eastern Hotel (officially The LaLiT Great Eastern Kolkata) is a colonial era hotel in the Indian city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). The hotel was established in 1840 or 1841; at a time when Calcutta, the seat of the East India Company, was the most important city in India. Referred to as "the Jewel of the East" in its heyday, Great Eastern Hotel hosted several notable persons visiting the city. After India's independence in 1947, the hotel continued its business but went into decline during the Naxalite era of West Bengal; later the state government
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been in love with a woman with or without the name of Banalata Sen. However, Banalata Sen of Natore, a tiny town in the Rajshahi area of what was then Bengal, has become an emblem of feminine mystery as well as beauty and love. "Banalata Sen" was composed by Jibanananda Das in 1934 when he was living in Calcutta, at a time in his life when he had lost his job of Assistant Lecturer at the City College, Kolkata. The relevant manuscript was discovered and labelled Book-8 while preserved in the National Library of Calcutta; the poem occurs on page
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Netaji Indoor Stadium; it has since been discontinued. The Calcutta Rowing Club hosts rowing heats and training events. Kolkata, considered the leading centre of rugby union in India, gives its name to the oldest international tournament in rugby union, the Calcutta Cup. The Automobile Association of Eastern India, established in 1904, and the Bengal Motor Sports Club are involved in promoting motor sports and car rallies in Kolkata and West Bengal. The Beighton Cup, an event organised by the Bengal Hockey Association and first played in 1895, is India's oldest field hockey tournament; it is usually held on the Mohun
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of Calcutta, founded in 1857, is the first modern university in South Asia. Presidency College, Kolkata (formerly Hindu College between 1817 and 1855), founded in 1855, was one of the oldest and most eminent colleges in India. It was affiliated with the University of Calcutta until 2010 when it was converted to Presidency University, Kolkata in 2010. Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) is the second oldest engineering institution of the country located in Howrah. An Institute of National Importance, BESU was converted to India's first IIEST. Jadavpur University is known for its arts, science, and engineering faculties. The Indian
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Calcutta State Transport Corporation Calcutta State Transport Corporation (CSTC) is a West Bengal state government undertaken transport corporation. Headquartered in Kolkata it was set up on 31 July 1948. It plies buses in Kolkata and the nearby districts of West Bengal with some long distance services. CSTC owns 11 depots in Kolkata and some more outside in the districts to station . Calcutta State Transport Corporation started its journey on 31 July 1948 as State Transport Services with an objective to provide efficient, adequate, economical and properly coordinated passenger bus service particularly in and around the city of Kolkata and
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Calcutta in 1756, and the East India Company retook it the following year. In 1793 the East India company was strong enough to abolish Nizamat (local rule), and assumed full sovereignty of the region. Under the company rule, and later under the British Raj, Calcutta served as the capital of British-held territories in India until 1911, when its perceived geographical disadvantages, combined with growing nationalism in Bengal, led to a shift of the capital to New Delhi. Calcutta was the centre for the Indian independence movement; it remains a hotbed of contemporary state politics. Following Indian independence in 1947, Kolkata,
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Henry Sebastian D'Souza Henry Sebastian D'Souza (20 January 1926 – 27 June 2016) was an Indian Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Igatpuri, D'Souza was ordained priest in 1948. He became Bishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in 1974 and was named coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta in 1985. D'Souza retired in 2002 as Archbishop of Calcutta and started the Life Ascending- a monthly newsletter for the elderly. He died at the age of 90 in 2016 at Vianney Home, Kolkata. He was the Archbishop of Calcutta (Kolkata) when Saint Mother Teresa was in her later years and upon her death in the year 1997,
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helped initiate and support her sainthood. Henry Sebastian D'Souza Henry Sebastian D'Souza (20 January 1926 – 27 June 2016) was an Indian Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Igatpuri, D'Souza was ordained priest in 1948. He became Bishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in 1974 and was named coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta in 1985. D'Souza retired in 2002 as Archbishop of Calcutta and started the Life Ascending- a monthly newsletter for the elderly. He died at the age of 90 in 2016 at Vianney Home, Kolkata. He was the Archbishop of Calcutta (Kolkata) when Saint Mother Teresa was in her later years and upon
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St. John's Church, Kolkata St. John's Church, originally a cathedral, was among the first public buildings erected by the East India Company after Kolkata (Calcutta) became the effective capital of British India. It is located at the North-Western corner of Raj Bhavan, and served as the Anglican Cathedral of Calcutta till 1847, when the see was transferred to St. Paul's Cathedral. Construction of the building, modelled on St Martin-in-the-Fields of London, started in 1784, with Rs 30,000 raised through a public lottery, and was completed in 1787. It is the third oldest church in the city, next to the Armenian
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Transport Shyamal Chakraborty planned to close the network. However, Melbourne tram conductor Roberto D'Andrea befriended fellow Calcutta conductors during a 1994 visit. When D'Andrea heard about the planned network closure, he suggested an art project to decorate the trams (as was done in his home city). The project increased public awareness of the network and its value, ultimately saving it. The Calcutta Tramways Company Ltd operates the Kolkata tram, currently the oldest electric tramway in Asia and India's only existent tram system, since 1880. With over 40 routes throughout Kolkata and its surrounding areas, CTC buses complement its tram service.
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Calcutta, Ohio Calcutta is a census-designated place in southeastern Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. Historically a rural town, Calcutta has experienced much growth since the 1980s as businesses from nearby East Liverpool moved into larger shopping centers clustered around Ohio State Route 170. The population was 3,742 at the 2010 census. Calcutta was laid out in 1810 as "West Union". It had also been called "Foulkstown", for William Foulks, who built the first brick house there, as well as "Nineveh", after the Biblical city of the same name. Finally, it was renamed "Calcutta", after the Indian city of Kolkata (formerly
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focus on liberal arts, business, or science. Vocational programs are also available. Some Kolkata schools, for example La Martiniere Calcutta, Calcutta Boys' School, St. James' School (Kolkata), St. Xavier's Collegiate School, and Loreto House, have been ranked amongst the best schools in the country. , the Kolkata urban agglomeration is home to 14 universities run by the state government. The colleges are each affiliated with a university or institution based either in Kolkata or elsewhere in India. Aliah University which was founded in 1780 as "Mohammedan College of Calcutta" is the oldest post-secondary educational institution of the city. The University
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interesting reading, as its describes her entire life, with details of her four husbands and their respective children. St. John's Church, Kolkata St. John's Church, originally a cathedral, was among the first public buildings erected by the East India Company after Kolkata (Calcutta) became the effective capital of British India. It is located at the North-Western corner of Raj Bhavan, and served as the Anglican Cathedral of Calcutta till 1847, when the see was transferred to St. Paul's Cathedral. Construction of the building, modelled on St Martin-in-the-Fields of London, started in 1784, with Rs 30,000 raised through a public lottery,
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for the implementation of the Calcutta Improvement Act of 1911, whose primary goal was the improvement and expansion of Kolkata. The basic objectives of the trust included opening up the congested areas, constructing or altering roads, providing ventilation through open spaces, constructing new buildings, acquiring land for urban development and rehabilitating the displaced communities. Kolkata Improvement Trust Kolkata Improvement Trust formerly Calcutta Improvement Trust and simply C.I.T. is a statutory body under the Urban Development Department of the Government of West Bengal. It is the oldest urban development agency of Kolkata. The Calcutta Improvement Trust was set up in the
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After the death of Ramakrishna, Rakhal, along with Narendra and other brother-disciples, embraced monastic life under the name Brahmananda. He spent several years as a wandering monk, visiting places of pilgrimage and practising severe austerities. A little before the return of Vivekananda from the West, he came back to the Baranagore Math and started living there. After Vivekananda's return from the West when Ramakrishna Mission was formed as an Association on 1 May 1897, at Baghbazar in Calcutta (now Kolkata) Vivekananda was elected its General President and Brahmananda was elected the first and only ever Calcutta President. After establishing the
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circumstances in Calcutta (now known as Kolkata). Oberon received a foundation scholarship to attend La Martiniere Calcutta for Girls, one of the best private schools in Calcutta. There, she was constantly taunted for her unconventional parentage, eventually leading her to quit school and receive lessons at home. Oberon first performed with the Calcutta Amateur Dramatic Society. She was also completely enamored of the films and enjoyed going out to nightclubs. Indian journalist Sunanda K. Datta-Ray claimed that Merle worked as a telephone operator in Calcutta under the name Queenie Thomson, and won a contest at Firpo's Restaurant there, before the
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Indira Gandhi Sarani Indira Gandhi Sarani, formerly Red Road, is a road in Kolkata that runs from Raj Bhavan to Fort William. The road, a wide boulevard, was built in 1820. It bisects the Kolkata Maidan. The British authorities intended for the road to be able to host large parades. The name 'Red Road' was given due to its surfacing. During the Second World War, the road, in the heart of Calcutta, served as a landing strip for Fighter aircraft. The annual Kolkata Marathon starts from outside the Rangers Club on Red Road. The name 'Indira Gandhi Sarani' was adopted
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West Bengal and came to be known as the Raj Bhavan, a name it shares with the official residences of other states' governors. In the early nineteenth century Calcutta (Kolkata) was at the height of its golden age. Known as the City of Palaces or St. Petersburg of the East, Calcutta was the richest, largest and the most elegant colonial cities of India. It was during this time that one of Calcutta's finest colonial structures, Government House (later Raj Bhavan), was constructed. Before 1799, the Governor-General resided in a rented house, called Bukimham House, located in the same location. The
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Club organized Ezra World Cup at the Pat Williamson Ground, Kolkata from 18–25 December 2011. It has been doing so since 2006 when the polo was revived in Kolkata by Calcutta Polo Club president Keshav Bangur. Calcutta Polo Club is in its 150th year making it the oldest polo club in the world still in existence, and the hosts made the 2011 season a treat to remember. Calcutta is also home to the oldest polo ground in the world still in use—Pat Williamson, most suited for the Ezra Cup- also the oldest polo trophy in the world. After years of
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in 1985. Indira Gandhi Sarani Indira Gandhi Sarani, formerly Red Road, is a road in Kolkata that runs from Raj Bhavan to Fort William. The road, a wide boulevard, was built in 1820. It bisects the Kolkata Maidan. The British authorities intended for the road to be able to host large parades. The name 'Red Road' was given due to its surfacing. During the Second World War, the road, in the heart of Calcutta, served as a landing strip for Fighter aircraft. The annual Kolkata Marathon starts from outside the Rangers Club on Red Road. The name 'Indira Gandhi Sarani'
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Kolkata Police Force The Kolkata Police Force (KPF) is one of the two presidency police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata Police has the task of policing the metropolitan area of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India, as defined under the Calcutta Police Act, 1866 and the Calcutta Suburban Police Act,1866. The primary functions of the forces are maintaining law and order in the city, traffic management, prevention and detection of crime and co-ordinating various citizen-centric services for the people of Kolkata. As of 2017, Kolkata Police has 8 divisions covering 70 police stations. It has a strength of
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the KMC . Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, is the Executive and Administrative Head of Kolkata Police Force. Under his command and control, there are: Kolkata Police Force The Kolkata Police Force (KPF) is one of the two presidency police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata Police has the task of policing the metropolitan area of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India, as defined under the Calcutta Police Act, 1866 and the Calcutta Suburban Police Act,1866. The primary functions of the forces are maintaining law and order in the city, traffic management, prevention and detection of crime and co-ordinating various
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Calcutta Thesis Calcutta Thesis is the popular name for the resolution adopted by 2nd Congress of the Communist Party of India held at Kolkata in 1948. The Communist Party of India's second congress at Calcutta on 28 February 1948, the Zhdanov line of insurrection was adopted on the premise that 'free' India was only a "semi-colony of British imperialism". Open call for taking up arms, known as 'Calcutta thesis' and was closely identified with its main proponent and the then General Secretary, B. T. Ranadive. As a result, insurgencies took place in Tripura, Telangana and Travancore. A new revolutionary mass
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admitted to the bar in 1973 and practiced civil and criminal law in Kolkata at the district court and the Calcutta High Court, Kolkata. He was made permanent judge of Calcutta High Court on 6 August 1990. Justice Kabir supposed that the office of acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 11 January 2005. Justice Kabir has the credit for the computerization of the Calcutta High Court and the City Civil Court and other Courts in Kolkata. He was appointed as Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority on 14 January 2010. Under his chairmanship a national plan
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date its beginnings as a major city from the construction of [[Fort William, India|Fort William]] by the [[United Kingdom|British]] in 1698, though this is debated (see the court ruling in "Name and origins" above). From 1772 to 1911, Calcutta was the capital of British India. From 1912 to India's Independence in 1947, it was the capital of all of [[Bengal]]. After Independence, Calcutta remained the capital of the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. When the [[Seven Years' War]] broke out, owing to their constant rivalry with the [[French East India Company|French]], and the fall of [[Madras]] to the forces of
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Mosques in Kolkata Mosques in Kolkata refers to mosques in the city of Kolkata (earlier known as Calcutta), in India. Kolkata is the capital city of West Bengal, a state in the eastern part of India. The city is more than 300 years old (as Kolkata) and was the capital of British India till early 1911. Kolkata hosts many churches, temples and mosques, along with other religious places. Muslims have been settling in Calcutta since the early 19th century, but the pace was accelerated from the 1860s onwards, mainly due to the harsh economic conditions in Bihar and the United
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Kolkata Eye Kolkata Eye (or Calcutta Eye) was the proposed name for a giant Ferris wheel which it was hoped would be constructed in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was announced in 2011, and in May 2014 Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, stated "[it] is expected to be ready in a year's time", but it was never built. It was originally anticipated that the project would cost 100 crore rupees, be between and in diameter, accommodate over 500 people in more than 30 passenger capsules, and take approximately 30 minutes to complete a full revolution. In June 2011
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stations in Kolkata made in 1785, both Dharmatala and Dingabhanga were included. However, when the police stations were reorganised in 1888-89, the number of police stations were reduced and no mention is there of either. A three-horse omnibus plied briefly between Dharmatala and Barrackpore in November 1830 but the truly successful horse-drawn public transport was the tramcar. These were introduced in Dharmatala in March 1882. In 1899, the Calcutta Tramways Company started electrifying the entire system. Dharmatala Dharmatala (archaic spelling Dhurrumtollah) is a neighbourhood of central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West
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post office, with PIN 700028 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. Other post offices with the same PIN are Rajabagan, Jugipara Satganchi, Kamalpur, Kumarpara, Nagerbazar and Ordnance Factory. Durganagar has a non-delivery sub post office, with PIN 700065 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. Other post offices with the same PIN are Subhas Nagar, Rabindra Nagar and Health Institute. Motijheel has a delivery sub post office, with PIN 700074 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. Other post offices with the same PIN are Dum Dum
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Mumtaz Sorcar Mumtaz Sorcar (), informally (pet name) known as "Pratiti Sorcar", is an Indian film actress. She is the youngest daughter of world-famous magician PC Sorcar Junior and Jayashree Devi.Mumtaz started her career with a music video for singer Mehreen from Bangladesh. She first appeared in the Bengali film 033 directed by Birsa Dasgupta. Her schooling was from Modern High School for Girls (Kolkata). She completed her Graduation in BA.LLB from South Calcutta Law College under Calcutta University. Sports is her hobby. As an athlete, she trained in Boxing from south Kolkata club under Bengal Amateur Boxing Federation. She
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Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on North East area of Kolkata in West Bengal. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009. Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: For MPs from northern parts of Kolkata in subsequent years see Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners
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low floor bus in India, has been launched from 30 July 2014. These buses have been manufactured by Ashok Leyland Calcutta State Transport Corporation Calcutta State Transport Corporation (CSTC) is a West Bengal state government undertaken transport corporation. Headquartered in Kolkata it was set up on 31 July 1948. It plies buses in Kolkata and the nearby districts of West Bengal with some long distance services. CSTC owns 11 depots in Kolkata and some more outside in the districts to station . Calcutta State Transport Corporation started its journey on 31 July 1948 as State Transport Services with an objective
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Dharmatala Dharmatala (archaic spelling Dhurrumtollah) is a neighbourhood of central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dharmatala Street has been renamed Lenin Sarani but the neighbourhood continues to be referred to as Dharmatala. It is a busy commercial area that had come up with the growth of Calcutta during the British Raj and is thus one of the repositories of history in the city. Dharmatala means Holy Street. It is commonly held to derive its name from a large mosque which stood at the site of Cook and Company’s livery stables.
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railway station. Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, the Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee flagged off the Kolkata-Khulna Bandhan Express through video conference from on 9 November 2017. Immigration process is done at Kolkata, even though the visa is to be collected from the Indian High Commission beforehand. Suitable and correct Khulna passengers will be able to collect the ticket in the counters at Khulna Station with the papers. After Kolkata-Dhaka, it was proposed to name India-Bangladesh Second Maitri Train on Calcutta-Khulna route as 'Sonartari'. But the same name is used in the railways
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of music, quizzes, debates, arts and drama. This festival has been replaced by another five-day festival RHAPSODY since the year 2002. Medical College Ex-Students' Association (MCESA) is the sole body representing the alumni of Calcutta Medical College. Besides there are alumni associations of Calcutta Medical College in some countries like UK. Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, commonly referred to as Calcutta Medical College, formerly Medical College, Bengal, is a medical school and hospital in the city of Kolkata in the state of West Bengal, India. It was established in 1835 by William Bentinck. The Native
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Joy" is about the unsung heroes of the Pilkhana slum in Kolkata. Lapierre donated half the royalties he earned from this book to support several humanitarian projects in Kolkata, including refuge centres for leper and polio children, dispensaries, schools, rehabilitation workshops, education programs, sanitary actions, and hospital boats. To process and channel the charitable funds he founded an association called Action aid for Calcutta lepers' children (registered in France under the official name of "Action pour les enfants des lépreux de Calcutta"). Aware of the corruption in India, he organizes all his fund transfers to India in such a way
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Telangana area to take on an armed character with comparative ease than might be possible elsewhere. But without any reference to the specific features of the Telangana movement and to the feasibility of creating favourable conditions for armed insurrection elsewhere in the country outside Telangana, the entire party was called upon by the Party leadership to go the "Telangana way." Calcutta Thesis Calcutta Thesis is the popular name for the resolution adopted by 2nd Congress of the Communist Party of India held at Kolkata in 1948. The Communist Party of India's second congress at Calcutta on 28 February 1948, the
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Sheriff of Kolkata The Sheriff of Kolkata is an apolitical titular position of authority bestowed for one year on a prominent citizen of Kolkata (Calcutta). The Sheriff has an office and staff in Calcutta High Court but does not have executive powers. In the order of precedence, the Sheriff ranks just below the Mayor and presides over various city-related functions and conferences and is in charge of receiving foreign guests of the government. Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata are the only cities in India to maintain the post of Sheriff. Presently the office of the Sheriff is situated in the Calcutta
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Esplanade, Kolkata Esplanade is a neighbourhood of central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This is not a conventional esplanade in the sense that the place is not exactly situated alongside a waterbody. However, the river Ganga, also known as the Ganges or the Hooghly, flows nearby. The Esplanade was the name given to the northern portion of jungle, which later formed the Maidan. In olden days, it stretched from Dhurmotollah (now Lenin Sarani) to Chandpal Ghat on the Hooghly River. In the days of Warren Hastings, it formed a favourite
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(with author's Signature) Harry Hobbs – The Romance of the Calcutta sweep (with author's copy) Sir Upendranath Brahmachari – Gleanings from my researches : Kala-azar, its Chemotherapy. Calcutta Exhibition, official Hand Book and Guide – 1923. Narendra Nath Laha – Subarnabanik, Katha O Kirthi. Ramcomal Sen – Dictionary of English and Bengal. There are also Biographies, Calcutta Review, Modern Review, Bengal Past and Present, Journal of the Asiatic Society, and Calcutta Municipal Gazette and other publications of CMC. The Kolkata Museum was set up in 1995 by a joint initiative of Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Government of West Bengal. It
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Calcutta Club Calcutta Club () is a social club located on Lower Circular Road in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. It was established in 1907 and the first president of the club was the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, Sir Nripendra Narayan. Although not the oldest private members club in the city, it is notable because it was formed at a time when the existing Bengal Club only admitted whites as members. Lord Minto, the Viceroy of India at the time, had wished to invite Rajen Mookerjee to dine at the Bengal Club and, when the discriminatory policy was thus exposed, a
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(present-day Kolkata), India in 1898. Swami Vivekananda gave her the name "Nivedita" (meaning "Dedicated to God") when he initiated her into the vow of "Brahmacharya" on 25 March 1898. In November 1898, she opened a girls' school in the Bagbazar area of Calcutta. She wanted to educate girls who were deprived of even basic education. During the plague epidemic in Calcutta in 1899, Nivedita nursed and took care of the poor patients. Nivedita had close associations with the newly established Ramakrishna Mission. Because of her active contribution in the field of Indian Nationalism, she had to publicly dissociate herself from
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Bourne & Shepherd Though some sources consider its inception to be 1862, when noted British photographers, Charles Shepherd established a photographic studio, with Arthur Robertson, called 'Shepherd & Robertson' in Agra, which later moved to Shimla and eventually became the part of ‘Howard, Bourne & Shepherd’, set up by Samuel Bourne, Charles Shepherd, along with William Howard, first established in Shimla around 1863, Howard's studio in Kolkata dates back to 1840, where it is still operational today, at Esplanade Row, in Esplanade, Kolkata (Calcutta) under the same name. Today some of their earlier work is preserved at Cambridge University Library,
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Parade ground, lying just outside the citadels of power, were the new rallying points of mass protest. Esplanade, Kolkata Esplanade is a neighbourhood of central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This is not a conventional esplanade in the sense that the place is not exactly situated alongside a waterbody. However, the river Ganga, also known as the Ganges or the Hooghly, flows nearby. The Esplanade was the name given to the northern portion of jungle, which later formed the Maidan. In olden days, it stretched from Dhurmotollah (now Lenin Sarani)
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Trams in India Trams in India were established in the late-19th century. Horse-drawn trams were introduced in Kolkata in 1873; electric trams began in Chennai in 1895, and trams were then introduced in Mumbai, Nashik, Kanpur, Kochi, Patna and Bhavnagar. They were discontinued in all Indian cities between 1930 and 1970, except for Kolkata. The Trams in India was founded by the British Raj in 19th Century. The 1 tram in India was established in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) called as "Horse Drawn Tram". Trams in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal are operated by the Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC). It is
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approximately 35,000 and a territorial jurisdiction of 243 km (approx). There are 8 battalions of armed forces as well as specialised branches. The force also uses various modern technologies for effective handling of unconventional crimes, terrorism and related activities. The history of the present structure of policing in Kolkata goes back to colonial times, when the city was known as "Calcutta", and was an early settlement of the English East India Company. Calcutta was founded on the eastern banks of the Hooghly by an Englishman, Job Charnock in 1690. Policing in Calcutta's earliest days was confined to the Mughal administration
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of goods. From the mid 1800s the power of the position was gradually reduced until it became today's ceremonial post. Source: The Sheriff of Calcutta Sheriff of Kolkata The Sheriff of Kolkata is an apolitical titular position of authority bestowed for one year on a prominent citizen of Kolkata (Calcutta). The Sheriff has an office and staff in Calcutta High Court but does not have executive powers. In the order of precedence, the Sheriff ranks just below the Mayor and presides over various city-related functions and conferences and is in charge of receiving foreign guests of the government. Mumbai (Bombay)
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after the Vellore Mutiny in 1806. The British extended their patronage to Tollygunge Club and Tollygunge Golf Club in the 19th century. In 1888, Ballygunge and Tollygunge formed a common "thana" when 25 new Police Section Houses were set up. In 1889, the suburbs of Calcutta were divided among 4 municipalities. While a portion of Tollygunge formed the South Suburban Municipality, northern Tollygunge which was part of the earlier Suburban Municipality was made one of the 'added area wards' of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. In 1951, the southern part of Tollygunge was added to Calcutta. Around 1921, Kolkata Municipal Corporation made
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History of Kolkata Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta in English, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and is located in eastern India on the east bank of the River Hooghly. The city was a colonial city developed by the British East India Company and then by the British Empire. Kolkata was the capital of the British Indian empire until 1911 when the capital was relocated to Delhi. Kolkata grew rapidly in the 19th century to become the second city of the British Indian Empire. This was accompanied by the development of a culture that fused European
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bus services. Kidderpore can also be accessed by the Kolkata Circular Railway, which has a station in the locality. Kidderpore Khidirpur or Kidderpore is a neighborhood of metropolitan Kolkata (Calcutta), in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. Most plausibly, the name is a corruption of "Khidrpur" or "Khizarpur", Khizr/Khidr being the guardian saint of the seas to the fishing communities of Bengal. Another theory points out that the port probably got its name from Lord Kyde, a 19th-century engineer who designed and supervised the building of the lock gate that connects the nearby port to the Hooghly River. Even after the
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a delivery sub post office, with PIN 700050 in the North Presidency Division of North 24 Parganas district in Calcutta region. The only other post offices with the same PIN is Sultanpur. Kolkata Airport has a non-delivery sub post office, with PIN 700052 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. The only other post office with the same PIN is Kendriya Vihar. Durganagar has a non-delivery sub post office, with PIN 700065 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. Other post offices with the same PIN are Subhas Nagar, Rabindra Nagar and
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Office, Calcutta, India, 81(6&7). CMW&SA (1996). Sustaining Calcutta, Present Status Report of the Urban People's Environment, Calcutta Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority, Kolkata. ____ (1997). Base line document for management action plan, East Calcutta Wetlands and Waste Recycling Region, Calcutta Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority, Kolkata. Cook, C.D.K. (1996). Aquatic and Wetlands Plants of India. Oxford University Press. Costanza, R., d'Agre, R.,m Groot, R. de, Farber, S., Grasso, M., Hannon, B., Limbujrg, K., Naeem, S.O., Neill, R. V., Paruelo, J., Raskin, R. G., Sutton P., and Belt, M. van den (1997).'The Value of the World's Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital',
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Saturday Club (Kolkata) Saturday Club of Kolkata is an old and heritage club of Kolkata. Staurday Club was established in 1875 in British India by the officers of the Calcutta Light Horse Regiment of British Indian Army. The Club was started at this time by Louis Jackson, a civilian Judge of the Calcutta High Court. It was moved into the present premises at Wood Street, near Mullick Bazar, Kolkata in 1900. It is stated that, for a token sum of Rs 5, one John Carapiet Galstaun allocated the present premises at 7 Wood Street to this Club. But the original
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Kolkata Book Fair The International Kolkata Book Fair (Old name: Calcutta Book Fair in English, and officially Antarjatik Kolkata Boimela or Antarjatik Kolkata Pustakmela in romanized Bengali, Bengali: (কলকাতা বইমেলা বা কলকাতা পুস্তকমেলা) is a winter fair in Kolkata. It is a unique book fair in the sense of not being a trade fair – the book fair is primarily for the general public rather than whole-sale distributors. It is the world's largest non-trade book fair, Asia's largest book fair and the most attended book fair in the world. It is the world's third largest annual conglomeration of books after
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Calcutta Cricket and Football Club The Calcutta Cricket & Football Club (CC&FC) is a sports club based in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 1792 as a cricket institution, adding the football and rugby sections when it merged to Calcutta F.C. in 1965. Sports currently practised at CC&FC include cricket, field hockey, football, rugby, cycle polo and tennis. The football squad is currently playing in the 2nd Division of the Calcutta Football League. The Club was founded as the "Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers" by British expatriates who had come over with the British East India Company. It is known to
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all days except Mondays and Thursdays. Marble Palace (Kolkata) Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007. It is one of the best-preserved and most elegant houses of nineteenth-century Calcutta. The mansion is famous for its marble walls, floors, and sculptures, from which it derives its name. The house was built in 1835 by Raja Rajendra Mullick, a wealthy Bengali merchant with a passion for collecting works of art. The house continues to be a residence for his descendants, and the current occupants are the family of Raja
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Marble Palace (Kolkata) Marble Palace is a palatial nineteenth-century mansion in North Kolkata. It is located at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, Kolkata 700007. It is one of the best-preserved and most elegant houses of nineteenth-century Calcutta. The mansion is famous for its marble walls, floors, and sculptures, from which it derives its name. The house was built in 1835 by Raja Rajendra Mullick, a wealthy Bengali merchant with a passion for collecting works of art. The house continues to be a residence for his descendants, and the current occupants are the family of Raja Rajendra Mullick Bahadur. Raja Rajendra Mullick
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greater Kolkata. As the seat of the Government of West Bengal, Kolkata is home to not only the offices of the local governing agencies, but also the West Bengal Legislative Assembly; the state secretariat, which is housed in the Writers' Building; and the Calcutta High Court. Most government establishments and institutions are housed in the centre of the city in B. B. D. Bagh (formerly known as Dalhousie Square). The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It was preceded by the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William which was established in 1774. The Calcutta High
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proclaimed that the nature of the war has changed to a people's war against fascism. In the post-freedom period, the Communist Party of India, after the second congress in Calcutta (new spelling: Kolkata) adopted a path of taking up arms. Joshi was advocating unity with Indian National Congress under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. He was severely criticized in the Calcutta congress of the CPI in 1948 and was removed from the general secretaryship. Subsequently, he was suspended from the Party on 27 January 1949, expelled in December 1949 and readmitted to the Party on 1 June 1951. Gradually he
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2013, Pope Francis chose his papal name as a tribute to St. Francis, "the man who gives us this spirit of peace". Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata, India) made it part of the morning prayers of the Roman Catholic religious institute she founded, the Missionaries of Charity. She attributed importance to the prayer when receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in 1979 and asked that it be recited. It became the anthem of many Christian schools in Kolkata. South Africa's Anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent leadership against apartheid, declared that
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Royal Calcutta Turf Club hosts horse racing and polo matches. The Calcutta Polo Club is considered the oldest extant polo club in the world. The Calcutta South Club is a venue for national and international tennis tournaments; it held the first grass-court national championship in 1946. In the period 2005–2007, Sunfeast Open, a tier-III tournament on the Women's Tennis Association circuit, was held in the Netaji Indoor Stadium; it has since been discontinued. The Calcutta Rowing Club hosts rowing heats and training events. Kolkata, considered the leading centre of rugby union in India, gives its name to the oldest international
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open-air swimming pool that is one of the largest not only in India but also in Asia. CSC organizes colorful Christmas and New Year parties every year. The Calcutta Swimming Club The Calcutta Swimming Club (mainly known by its acronym CSC), located on the Strand Road near Babughat in Kolkata, is the oldest swim club in India. The club was built in 1887 under the name Calcutta Swimming Bath by order of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. The present structure and club were founded by Walter Davis, a partner of Hamilton & Company, who was also the first Secretary of
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Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) () is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on the northern parts of Kolkata in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 24 Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Kolkata district. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency) and Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) ceased to exist and a new one came into being: Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency). Kolkata Uttar (Lok Sabha
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owner of the premises was, the trustees of the Marble Palace of Rajendra Mullick. Saturday Club (Kolkata) Saturday Club of Kolkata is an old and heritage club of Kolkata. Staurday Club was established in 1875 in British India by the officers of the Calcutta Light Horse Regiment of British Indian Army. The Club was started at this time by Louis Jackson, a civilian Judge of the Calcutta High Court. It was moved into the present premises at Wood Street, near Mullick Bazar, Kolkata in 1900. It is stated that, for a token sum of Rs 5, one John Carapiet Galstaun
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discourses. He was an astute psychoanalyst as well. Swami Prajnanapada was born as Yogeshwar Chattopadhyay on 8 February 1891 at Chinsurah, near Kolkata(then Calcutta), in West Bengal, India. He was the fourth of 5 children. His parents and eldest brothers died in an epidemic when he was young. His elder brother Lakshmi Narain took care of his education. In 1916 he graduated from Srirampur, a town near Kolkata. In 1918 he graduated with a gold medal with a master's degree in Physics from Calcutta University. Between 1918 and 1920 he taught at TNG College, Chagalpur and B.N.College, Patna. In 1920
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and runners-up are mentioned below: In 1957 and 1962 the constituency was Calcutta Central Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) Calcutta North East (Lok Sabha constituency) was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on North East area of Kolkata in West Bengal. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009. Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: For MPs from northern parts of Kolkata in subsequent years see
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mutual contract. Natta Company always made it sure that the story is not copied from anyone or anywhere and it should be original. After the partition of India, Natta Company shifted permanently to Kolkata (Calcutta). Natta Company was already popular in Kolkata, so it was not very difficult to establish its popularity. In Kolkata, Natta Company started to perform in different theatres like – Star Theatre, Mahajati Sadan, Rang Mahal, Bidyamandir, Minarva etc. Renowned actors of Bengali film industry and stage-theatre worked with Natta Company and Makhan Lal Natta was a well known name in the Industry. As time moved
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Lalbazar Lalbazar is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of the central business district adjoining B.B.D. Bagh area. The headquarters of the Kolkata Police is located here (18, Lalbazar Street) and is popularly known by the same name. The road leading from the north-east corner of B. B. D. Bag to Bowbazar was earlier known as ‘Avenue to the eastward’. It was also known as the Great Bungalo Road. The modern police office was the residence of John Palmer, one of the merchant princes of Kolkata. Earlier
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