Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (popularly known by its abbreviation CC&FC, or CCFC) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata,...
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The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by Indian Football Association...
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The Black 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...
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Andrew. In 1884, Calcutta Cricket and Football Club again set up a rugby section and in 1890 set up an inter club trophy, the Calcutta Rugby Union Challenge...
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Victoria Memorial, Kolkata (redirect from Victoria Memorial in Calcutta)
while wearing the robes of the Star of India and holding the orb and sceptre." It arrived in Calcutta in 1902 and was unveiled on the maidan by Lord Curzon...
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clubs are Calcutta Football Club (founded in 1872, later merged with Calcutta Cricket Club founded in 1792 to form Calcutta Cricket and Football Club)...
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Presidency University, Kolkata (redirect from Presidency College, Calcutta)
University of Calcutta. The institution was elevated to university status in 2010 after functioning as a constituent college of the University of Calcutta for about...
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History of Kolkata (redirect from History of Calcutta)
Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) was a colonial city. The British East India Company developed Calcutta as a village by establishing an artificial riverine...
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Marble Palace (Kolkata) (redirect from Marble Palace (Calcutta))
the best-preserved and most elegant houses of nineteenth-century Calcutta. The mansion is famous for its marble walls, floors, and sculptures, from which...
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Indian Museum (redirect from Indian Museum, Calcutta)
Museum of Calcutta before independence,) is a massive museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest...
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Fort William, India (redirect from Fort William, Calcutta)
Fort William is a fort in Hastings, Calcutta (Kolkata). It was built during the early years of Britain's administration of Bengal. It sits on the eastern...
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St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata (redirect from St. Paul’s Cathedral, Calcutta)
India, noted for its Gothic architecture and dedicated to Paul the Apostle. It is the seat of the Diocese of Calcutta. The cornerstone was laid in 1839; the...
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The 42 (Kolkata) (category Buildings and structures in Kolkata)
(Calcutta High Court, GA Case No 2698 / 2013) The matter is pending before the Calcutta High Court. The 42, is coming up in between Jeevan Sudha and Tata...
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Zoological Garden, Alipore (redirect from Calcutta Zoo)
unsavoury bustees. Today we shall find on the site of the old bustees the Calcutta 'Zoo.' A very large share of the credit for the establishment of this pleasant...
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of Bengal and his French allies, thereby securing India for Britain in the long run. Adwaita was transferred to the Alipore Zoo in Calcutta in 1875 or...
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after Ramkumar's death. Photograph of Ramnath Temple from Views of Calcutta and Barrackpore, taken by Samuel Bourne. Twelve Shiva temples at the Dakshineswar...
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Sheriff of Kolkata (redirect from Sheriff of Calcutta)
Kolkata (Calcutta). The Sheriff has an office and staff in Calcutta High Court but does not have executive powers. Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta) are...
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Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the city...
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Prostitution in Kolkata (redirect from Prostitution in Calcutta)
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...
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Company tried to befriend them and, among other things, introduced them to cricket. The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club was known to be in existence...
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Maidan (Kolkata) (section Fort William and Army wing)
ক্যালকাটা ক্রিকেট অ্যান্ড ফুটবল ক্লাব (সিসিএফসি)" [Maidan & Club: Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (CCFC)]. archives.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Kolkata:...
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Calcutta Customs Club is an Indian institutional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its football section, which competes...
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Job Charnock (section Calcutta)
regarded as the founder of the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata); however, this view is challenged, and in 2003 the Calcutta High Court declared that he ought...
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Raj Bhavan, Kolkata (redirect from Government House in Calcutta)
and is known as the Raj Bhavan, a name it shares with the official residences of other states' governors. In the early nineteenth century, Calcutta was...
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The Calcutta flag was one of the first unofficial flags of India. It was designed by Sachindra Prasad Bose and Hemchandra Kanungo and unfurled on 7 August...
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clubs in the country. The club has other departments for women's football, men's and women's cricket, field hockey, athletics and eSports. East Bengal was...
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Direct Action Day (redirect from Great Calcutta Killings)
1946 Calcutta Killings, it was a day of nationwide communal riots. It led to large-scale violence between Muslims and Hindus in the city of Calcutta (now...
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Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC) is a horse racing organisation which was founded in 1847 in Calcutta, British India (now Kolkata). Horse events and sports...
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East Bengal FC (redirect from East Bengal Football Club)
The club has other departments for women's football, men's and women's cricket, field hockey, athletics and eSports. Founded in August 1920, the club became...
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Kolkata (redirect from Calcutta, India)
The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club is the second-oldest cricket club in the world. As in the rest of India, cricket is popular in Kolkata and is played...
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