KOLKATA - CITY OF JOY
KOLKATA - CITY OF JOY Kolkata , In Bengali Kalikata , formerly Calcutta , city, capital of West Bengal state, and former capital (1772β1911) of British India . It is one of Indiaβs largest cities and one of its major ports. The city is centred on the east bank of the Hugli (Hooghly) River , once the main channel of the Ganges (Ganga) River , about 96 miles (154 km) upstream from the head of the Bay of Bengal ; there the port city developed as a point of transshipment from water to land and from river to sea. A city of commerce, transport, and manufacture, Kolkata is the dominant urban centre of eastern India.
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