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

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.

Lion → narrativeLocation → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Barrackpore → nearbyCity → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Hooghly River → nearbyCity → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Palashi → nearbyCity → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Bengali cinema → notableCentre → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Calcutta → officialNameSince2001 → Calcutta self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Mother Teresa → placeOfActivity → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
C. R. Das → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
R. H. Tawney → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
R. H. Tawney → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Satyajit Ray → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
Satyendra → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
subject surface form: Satyendra Nath Bose
Swami Prabhupada → placeOfBirth → Calcutta ⓘ
Anjezë → placeOfDeath → Calcutta ⓘ
subject surface form: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
this entity surface form: Kolkata
C. R. Das → placeOfDeath → Calcutta ⓘ
Jibanananda Das → placeOfDeath → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Satyajit Ray → placeOfDeath → Calcutta ⓘ
Satyendra → placeOfDeath → Calcutta ⓘ
subject surface form: Satyendra Nath Bose
Wajid Ali Shah → placeOfDeath → Calcutta ⓘ
Teresa → placeOfMajorActivity → Calcutta ⓘ
subject surface form: Mother Teresa
this entity surface form: Kolkata
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Bipin Chandra Pal → residence → Calcutta ⓘ
Gyanadanandini Devi → residence → Calcutta ⓘ
Mother Teresa → residence → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Mrinalini Devi → residence → Calcutta ⓘ
Satyajit Ray → residence → Calcutta ⓘ
Sri Aurobindo → residence → Calcutta ⓘ
Emperor of India → seat → Calcutta ⓘ
Gora → setting → Calcutta ⓘ
Kabuliwala → settingLocation → Calcutta ⓘ
The Lowland → settingLocation → Calcutta ⓘ
The Lowland → settingLocation → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Howrah Bridge → symbolOf → Calcutta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kolkata
this entity surface form: Kolkata
Calcutta Time → usedIn → Calcutta ⓘ