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The most famous religious figure of Kolkata is Mother Teresa. Others are (in order of surname): Bhakti Hridaya Bon (1901—1982) Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami (1898—1968) Rajendra Pillai (1968-) [2] [3] A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896—1977), founder of ISKCON. Ramakrishna (1836—1886) Ram Mohan Roy (1772—1833)
Residents of the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India, in the state of West Bengal. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 ...
Surendranath Dasgupta, born in Kusthia of present day Bangladesh which was then a part of Nadia before Partition of India, studied in Kolkata; Balaram Hari, born in Nadia; Bimal Krishna Matilal, born in Jaynagar Majilpur in South 24 Parganas district; Amartya Sen, born in Shantiniketan in Birbhum District; Keshub Chandra Sen born in Kolkata
Academic staff of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata (2 P) Academics from Kolkata (3 C, 25 P) Activists from Kolkata (14 P) Actors from Kolkata (2 C, 18 P)
Bidhan Chandra Roy, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (1948–1962); 5th Mayor of Kolkata (1931–1933) Ajoy Mukherjee, 4th Chief Minister of West Bengal (1 March 1967 – 21 November 1967) [10] Siddhartha Shankar Ray, 5th Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77); Education Minister, Government of India; Governor of Punjab; Ambassador to U.S.A.
The culture of Kolkata concerns the music, art, museums, festivals, and lifestyle within Kolkata. It is the former capital of India and, as of 2021, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Geir Heierstad writes that Bengalis tend to have a special appreciation for art and literature. [1]
Baul singers at Shantiniketan. The culture of West Bengal is an Indian culture which has its roots in Bengali literature, music, fine arts, drama and cinema. Different geographic regions of West Bengal have subtle as well as more pronounced variations between each other, with Darjeeling Himalayan hill region and Duars showing particularly different socio-cultural aspects.
Kolkata, [a] also known as Calcutta [b] (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh.