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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Calcutta Time usedIn Calcutta
this entity surface form: Kolkata
subject surface form: Meghnad Saha
Satyajit Ray workLocation Calcutta