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In 1938, Philips established its first Indian lamp manufacturing factory in Kolkata. In 1948, Philips began manufacturing radios in Kolkata. In 1959, a second radio factory was established near Pune. This was closed and sold around 2006. In 1957, the company converted into a public limited company, renamed "Philips India Ltd".
Salt Lake Sector-V is the commercial sector of Bidhannagar city and a business district under Kolkata metropolitan area in the Indian state of West Bengal. Spread over an area of 430 Acres, [1] [2] Salt Lake Sector V is known as the IT Hub of Kolkata as well as East India. [3]
Philips India, PwC India, Tata Global Beverages, and Tata Steel have their registered office and zonal headquarters in Kolkata. Kolkata hosts the headquarters of two major banks: UCO Bank, and Bandhan Bank. Reserve Bank of India, State Bank of India have its eastern zonal office in Kolkata. India Government Mint, Kolkata is one of the four ...
Rama Prasad Goenka established RPG Enterprises in 1979 with Phillips Carbon Black, Asian Cables, Agarpara Jute, and Murphy India as the constituents. [4] In 1981, the group acquired CEAT Tyres India. [5] KEC International was acquired in 1982. [6] In 1986, it acquired the music company 'Gramophone Company of India Ltd', now known as Saregama. [7]
The Chatterjee International Center is an office building and one of the oldest high-rises in Kolkata. It was completed in 1976. It is also the first twenty-floor-plus building in eastern India. Upon its completion, it was one of the tallest buildings in the country. It rises up to a height of 91 metres (299 ft) from the ground and has 24 floors.
Central Calcutta Polytechnic is a government polytechnic institute in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal in India. It is affiliated with the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education, [ 1 ] approved by All India Council for Technical Education and provides diploma level technical education to its students.
General Post Office Building, the head post office of Kolkata. Reserve Bank of India Building, which houses the Eastern Zonal Office of Reserve Bank of India. [1] Western side of Writer's Building, the seat of Government of West Bengal. Lal Dighi, the huge square shaped lake-cum-park, which forms the B. B. D. Bagh is on one side of road.
Sarat Bose Road, previously known as Lansdowne Road, is a 3.5 km long road in southern part of Kolkata, India. The 4 laned road connects Southern Avenue (near Rabindra Sarobar Stadium) with AJC Bose Road (at Minto Park) and separates two major localities of Ballygunge and Bhawanipore.