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Kalikata was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India. The other two villages were Gobindapur and Sutanuti. Job Charnock, an administrator with the British East India Company is traditionally credited with the honour of founding the city. He settled in the village of Sutanuti.
This pioneer purchase of zamindari would become a keystone for the British ascendency in South Asia; within a century, the three villages merged with one another and other adjacent territories under the Company administration, to form the modern town of Calcutta, what would serve as the capital of British India till 1911. [7] [13] [14]
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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.
Kalighat is a locality of Kolkata (Calcutta), in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India.One of the oldest neighbourhoods in South Kolkata, Kalighat is also densely populated — with a history of cultural intermingling with the various foreign incursions into the area over time.
17.1 Old Calcutta / Bengal legends. 18 Sports. Toggle Sports subsection. 18.1 Chess. ... List of people by India state; List of Bengalis; References This page was ...
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In the early nineteenth century, Calcutta 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 city of India. [2] Before 1799, the Governor-General of India resided in a rented house, called 'Buckingham House', located in the same location.