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More recent and high-profile changes – including renaming such major cities as Calcutta to Kolkata – have generated greater controversy. [4] Since independence, such changes have typically been enacted officially by legislation at local or national Indian government level, and may or may not then be adopted by the Indian media ...
Kolkata was the capital of the British India until 1911, when the capital was relocated to Delhi. Kolkata grew rapidly in the 19th century to become the second most important city of the British Empire after London and was declared as the financial (commercial) capital of the British India. This was accompanied by the fall of a culture that ...
The north–south distance is greater, and its axis is used to section the city into North, Central, South and East Kolkata. North Kolkata is the oldest part of the city. Characterised by 19th-century architecture and narrow alleyways, it includes areas such as Jorasanko , Rajabazar , Maniktala , Ultadanga , Shyambazar , Shobhabazar , Bagbazar ...
Since India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, names of many cities, streets, places, and buildings throughout the Republic of India have been systematically changed, often to better approximate their native endonymic pronunciation.
Park Forest South → University Park — in Cook and Will counties; Pecatonica → Rockton — in Rockton Township, Winnebago County; name now used by Pecatonica, Pecatonica Township, Winnebago County; Pembroke → Hopkins Park — in Kankakee County; Pleasantville → Ipava — in Fulton County; Portland → Blue Island — in Cook County
Sutanuti was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) in India, along with Gobindapur and Kalikata. Sutanuti was set up along the banks of the Hooghly river , which is a tributary of the Ganges river .
The Calcutta Municipal corporation (recently renamed as Kolkata Municipal Corporation) was formed and the city had its first mayor. Although the city's name has always been pronounced Kolkata or Kôlikata in Bengali, the anglicised form Calcutta was the official name until 2001, when it was changed to Kolkata in order to match Bengali ...
The Paradise of the South (south referring to southern India) God's Own Capital; Capital of Kerala; City of Peace; Pearl of Arabian Sea; Land of Anatha Padmanabha(Ananthapuri) Kochi (Cochin) The Queen of Arabian Sea [37] [38] Commercial Capital of Kerala [39] Judicial Capital of Kerala [40] Gateway to Kerala [41] Hub of Malayalam Film Industry ...