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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kolkata	72
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India	2
Calcutta (historical association with Government of India)	1
Central Kolkata	1
Kolkata, India	1
Port of Kolkata	1
city of Kolkata	1

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 (154)

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

Gitanjali → firstPublishedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Hooghly River → flowsThrough → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

West Bengal → formerName → Calcutta ⓘ

subject surface form: Kolkata

Calcutta → formerNameOf → Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

British Indian Army → garrison → Calcutta ⓘ

Calcutta → hasFormerName → Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Kolkata

Bengal → hasHistoricalCapital → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

eastern India → hasLargestCity → Calcutta ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern India

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Bengali literature → hasMajorCenter → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

India → hasMajorCity → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Pohela Boishakh → hasMajorEventAt → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Calcutta → hasPort → Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Kolkata

College Park, Maryland → hasSisterCity → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata, India

Bengal Army → headquarters → Calcutta ⓘ

British India Steam Navigation Company → headquartersLocation → Calcutta ⓘ

Indian Civil Service → headquartersLocation → Calcutta ⓘ

ICS → headquartersLocation → Calcutta ⓘ

subject surface form: Indian Civil Service

Indian Medical Service → headquartersLocation → Calcutta ⓘ

Indian Jews → historicalPresence → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

West Bengal → largestCity → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Indian state of West Bengal → largestCity → Calcutta ⓘ

subject surface form: West Bengal

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Eden Gardens → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Fort William, Kolkata → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Government House, Calcutta (Kolkata) → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

subject surface form: Government House, Calcutta

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Howrah Bridge → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Indian Museum → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Jadavpur University → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Jorasanko Thakur Bari → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Netaji → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

subject surface form: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Presidency College, Kolkata → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Kolkata

St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

University of Calcutta → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Victoria Memorial → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Writers’ Building → locatedIn → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Siege of Calcutta → locatedInPresentDay → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Barrackpore → locatedNear → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Howrah → locatedOpposite → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (1920) → location → Calcutta ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Bengal → location → Calcutta ⓘ

Cornwallis Code in India → location → Calcutta ⓘ

subject surface form: Cornwallis Code

Council of the Governor-General → location → Calcutta ⓘ

Direct Action Day → location → Calcutta ⓘ

Royal Indian Navy mutiny → location → Calcutta ⓘ

Siege of Calcutta → location → Calcutta ⓘ

Commander‑in‑Chief, India → locationOfOffice → Calcutta ⓘ

subject surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India

Bengal → majorCity → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Ganges → majorCityOnRiver → Calcutta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kolkata

Imperial Legislative Council of India → meetingPlace → Calcutta ⓘ

Calcutta Time → namedAfter → Calcutta ⓘ