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    Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River. It is a major economic hub and port city in Eastern India with a population of over 14.1 million residents. Kolkata was formerly the capital of British-held territories in India until 1911 when the capital was moved to New Delhi. Today, Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India and is home to various cultural and scientific institutions.

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    Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River. It is a major economic hub and port city in Eastern India with a population of over 14.1 million residents. Kolkata was formerly the capital of British-held territories in India until 1911 when the capital was moved to New Delhi. Today, Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India and is home to various cultural and scientific institutions.

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    Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River. It is a major economic hub and port city in Eastern India with a population of over 14.1 million residents. Kolkata was formerly the capital of British-held territories in India until 1911 when the capital was moved to New Delhi. Today, Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India and is home to various cultural and scientific institutions.

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    Kolkata 

    also known as Calcutta  is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of


    the Hooghly River 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business,
    commercial, and financial hub of Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India.
    [13]
     According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the seventh-most populous city in India, with a
    population of 45 lakh (4.5 million) residents within the city. It is a part of Kolkata Metropolitan Area (or
    known as Greater Kolkata) which has a population of over 1.41 crore (14.1 million) residents making it
    the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed
    1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole
    major riverine port. Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India. Kolkata is the second
    largest Bengali-speaking city after Dhaka. It has the highest number of nobel laureates among all cities in
    India.[1][14]
    In the late 17th century, the three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of
    Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading licence in
    1690,[15] the area was developed by the Company into an increasingly fortified trading post known as Fort
    William. Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah occupied Calcutta in 1756, and the East India Company retook it the
    following year. In 1793 the East India Company was strong enough to abolish native rule, and assumed
    full sovereignty of the region. Under company rule and later under the British Raj, Calcutta served as the
    capital of British-held territories in India until 1911. In that year, after assessing its geographical location,
    combined with growing nationalism in Bengal (Calcutta became the centre for the Indian independence
    movement), the British moved the capital to the relatively more centrally located New Delhi.
    Following independence in 1947, Kolkata, which was once the premier centre of Indian commerce,
    culture, and politics, suffered many decades of political violence and economic stagnation before it
    rebounded.[16] A demographically diverse global city, the culture of Kolkata features idiosyncrasies that
    include distinctively close-knit neighbourhoods (paras) and freestyle conversations (adda). Kolkata is
    home to eastern India's film industry, known as Tollywood, and cultural institutions, such as the Academy
    of Fine Arts, the Victoria Memorial, the Asiatic Society, the Indian Museum, and the National Library of
    India. Among scientific institutions, Kolkata hosts the Agri Horticultural Society of India, the Geological
    Survey of India, the Botanical Survey of India, the Calcutta Mathematical Society, the Indian Science
    Congress Association, the Zoological Survey of India, the Institution of Engineers, the Anthropological
    Survey of India and the Indian Public Health Association. Four Nobel laureates and two Nobel Memorial
    Prize winners are associated with the city.[17] Though home to major cricketing venues and franchises,
    Kolkata stands out in India for being the country's centre of association football and also having strong
    culture in other sports less widespread elsewhere.

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