Calcutta

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city commercial centre cultural centre former national capital metropolis

Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, is a major cultural and commercial metropolis in eastern India that served as the capital of British India until the early 20th century.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Kolkata 657
Calcutta canonical 249
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
commercial centre ⓘ
cultural centre ⓘ
former national capital ⓘ
metropolis ⓘ
capitalOf British India ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
country India ⓘ
endTimeAsCapitalOfBritishIndia 1911 ⓘ
formerNameOf Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
foundedBy British East India Company ⓘ
foundingYear 1690 ⓘ
hasFormerName Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasLandmark Eden Gardens ⓘ
Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ
Howrah Bridge ⓘ
Indian Museum ⓘ
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata ⓘ
Victoria Memorial ⓘ
Writers’ Building ⓘ
hasPort Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Port of Kolkata
hasUniversity Jadavpur University ⓘ
Presidency College, Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Presidency University, Kolkata

University of Calcutta ⓘ
knownFor cinema ⓘ
colonial architecture ⓘ
intellectual life ⓘ
literature ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ
locatedIn India ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision Bengal Presidency ⓘ
locatedInState West Bengal ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Hooghly River ⓘ
majorIndustry finance ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
port trade ⓘ
majorLanguage Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
officialNameSince2001 Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
partOfRegion Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
surface form: Ganges Delta
replacedByAsCapitalOfBritishIndia New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
servedAs capital of Bengal Presidency ⓘ
capital of British India ⓘ
startTimeAsCapitalOfBritishIndia 1772 ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (921)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British India → capital → Calcutta ⓘ
India → hasMajorCity → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Indian Civil Service → headquartersLocation → Calcutta ⓘ
Ganges → majorCityOnRiver → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Calcutta → formerNameOf → Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Calcutta → hasFormerName → Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kolkata
Calcutta → officialNameSince2001 → Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Calcutta → hasPort → Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Kolkata
Emperor of India → seat → Calcutta ⓘ
Bengal → hasHistoricalCapital → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Bengal → majorCity → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Jana Gana Mana → firstPerformancePlace → Calcutta ⓘ
Jana Gana Mana → placeOfComposition → Calcutta ⓘ
Indian Standard Time → referenceCity → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Rabindranath Tagore → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
Rabindranath Tagore → placeOfDeath → Calcutta ⓘ
Satyendra Nath Bose → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
Satyendra Nath Bose → placeOfDeath → Calcutta ⓘ
British East India Company → establishedTradingPost → Calcutta ⓘ
Mother Teresa → deathPlace → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Mother Teresa → placeOfActivity → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Mother Teresa → residence → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Veer Savarkar International Airport → connectsTo → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
ICS → headquartersLocation → Calcutta ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Civil Service
Bengal Army → headquarters → Calcutta ⓘ
College Park, Maryland → hasSisterCity → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata, India
British Indian Army → garrison → Calcutta ⓘ
Lala Lajpat Rai → placeOfINCSessionPresided → Calcutta ⓘ
Surendranath Banerjee → birthPlace → Calcutta ⓘ
Surendranath Banerjee → placeOfActivity → Calcutta ⓘ
Surendranath Banerjee → burialPlace → Calcutta ⓘ
British India Steam Navigation Company → headquartersLocation → Calcutta ⓘ
Sri Aurobindo → birthPlace → Calcutta ⓘ
Sri Aurobindo → residence → Calcutta ⓘ
Porbandar railway station → connectsTo → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
New Delhi Railway Station → connectsTo → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Swami Vivekananda → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
Royal Indian Navy mutiny → location → Calcutta ⓘ
Bengal Presidency → capital → Calcutta ⓘ
Bengal Presidency → administrativeCentre → Calcutta ⓘ
Bengal Presidency → contains → Calcutta ⓘ
Swami Prabhupada → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
Presidency College, Kolkata → city → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Presidency College, Kolkata → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Kolkata
Nabaneeta Dev Sen → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
Nabaneeta Dev Sen → placeOfDeath → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Indian Jews → historicalPresence → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Bipin Chandra Pal → deathPlace → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Bipin Chandra Pal → residence → Calcutta ⓘ
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad → residence → Calcutta ⓘ