emphasizes how the early phase of printing in Calcutta marked a transition between print culture and a culture that depended on a race of scribes. A letter...

The siege of Calcutta was a battle between the Bengal Subah and the British East India Company on 20 June 1756. The Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, aimed...

(formerly Calcutta) was a colonial city. The British East India Company developed Calcutta as a village by establishing an artificial riverine port in the 18th...

the University of Calcutta. It is widely regarded as one of the oldest and most prestigious places of higher education in India. Alumni of Presidency University...

Martin & Co. of Calcutta, and work on the superstructure began in 1910. In 1911, before construction was finished, George V, the Emperor of India, announced...

Prostitution in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is present in different forms and Kolkata's sex industry is one of the largest in Asia. Prostitution may be...

known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly...

formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal...

Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC) was a state-run company that operated trams and buses in and around Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) in West Bengal...

boundaries of the Calcutta School-Book Society were however limited to the confines of the city itself. Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg Early Phase of Printing in Calcutta...

The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It is located at Esplanade Row West, Kolkata, West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state...

Brahmin from Calcutta with ancestral gentry roots in Burdwan district and Jessore, Tagore wrote poetry as an eight-year-old. At the age of sixteen, he...

Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet (4.3 m × 5.5 m), in which troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal...

the market complex is known as "New Market". Some of the earliest English quarters of Calcutta were in an area known then as Dalhousie Square. Terretti...

nineteenth-century Calcutta. The mansion is famous for its marble walls, floors, and sculptures, from which it derives its name. The house was built in 1835 by Raja...

Chowringhee Road, in the middle of the city, the skyscraper has 65 floors. The developers of The 42 have faced a civil suit in the Calcutta High Court filed...

Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) is an Indian stock exchange based in Kolkata, India. It is owned by Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is one of...

BBD Bag and Calcutta High Court. Subsequently, in March 2025 railways sanctioned ₹1,000 crore (equivalent to ₹19 billion or US$220 million in 2023) for...

fort in Hastings, Calcutta (Kolkata). It was built during the early years of Britain's administration of Bengal. It sits on the eastern banks of the River...

residences of other states' governors. In the early nineteenth century, Calcutta was at the height of its golden age. Known as the City of Palaces or...

called Imperial Museum of Calcutta) is a grand museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest...

villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar...

The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by the Indian Football Association...

Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 41". Retrieved 26 October...

1946 Calcutta Riots, it soon became a day of communal violence in Calcutta. It led to large-scale violence between Muslims and Hindus in the city of Calcutta...

historians as the founder of the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata); however, this view was challenged in court, and in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that...

lines for a total of 59.38 km (36.90 mi). Two other lines are in various phases of construction and planning. The system has a mix of underground, at-grade...

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first...

major tourist attraction of Kolkata (Calcutta), India. The temple was built by a Jain named Rai Badridas Bahadoor Mookim in 1867. Consecration was done...

Eastern cities of Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport was founded in the early 1900s as the Calcutta Aerodrome. The...