Calcutta

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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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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

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Alwar Junction connectsTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Wajid Ali deathPlace Calcutta
subject surface form: Wajid Ali Shah
Marvadi hasMigrationTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Udaipur City railway station connectsTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Mughalsarai (nearby, in Uttar Pradesh but serving region) connectsTo Calcutta
subject surface form: Mughalsarai Junction railway station
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Kolkata Metropolitan Area coreCity Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Kolkata Metropolitan Area containsCity Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Katihar hasRailConnectivityTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Rajahmundry railway station connectsTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Helen Spurway workLocation Calcutta
Bharatpur Junction railway station connectedTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Ashoke Ganguli emigratesFrom Calcutta
West Bengal (Rajasthani community) concentratedIn Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Ashima Ganguli movesFrom Calcutta
Jaipur Junction railway station connectsTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
A Real Durwan settingLocation Calcutta
Hazaribagh hasRoadConnectionTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Ganga river ghats majorCityAlong Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Subhash hasSetting Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta locatedIn Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
IBM India operatesIn Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Samastipur hasRailConnectivityTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Jamshedpur nearestMajorCity Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
A Long Way Home settingLocation Calcutta
this entity surface form: Calcutta, India
Faizabad Junction connectsTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Zoological Survey of India headquartersLocation Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Sambalpur Junction connectsTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
George Edward Lynch Cotton workLocation Calcutta
this entity surface form: Calcutta, British India
Berhampore nearestMajorCity Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Botanical Survey of India headquartersLocation Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
INS Netaji Subhas location Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
INS Netaji Subhas garrison Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
The Hindustan Times hasEdition Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station connectsTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Hughli locatedNear Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Dwijendranath placeOfActivity Calcutta
subject surface form: Dwijendranath Tagore
Jorasanko, Calcutta locatedIn Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Kozhikode railway station connectsTo Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Victor Banerjee hasResidence Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Sealdah–Ranaghat line cityServed Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Flagstaff House near Calcutta
subject surface form: Flagstaff House, Barrackpore
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Rashtraguru Surendranath College locatedNear Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata