“neighbourhood of Englishmen”.The street runs through what was a deer park of Sir Elijah Impey, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Calcutta from 1773 to 1789, hence...
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South Park Street burial ground in Calcutta". India Today. Retrieved 5 February 2023. "Here lies Hindoo Stuart: Inside the 250-year-old Park Street cemetery"...
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Kolkata (redirect from Calcutta, India)
Kolkata, also 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...
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Sealdah and Armenian Ghat Street on 24 February 1873. The service was discontinued on 20 November of that year. The Calcutta Tramway Company was formed...
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The Asiatic Society (redirect from Asiatic Society of Calcutta)
building at Park Street in Kolkata (Calcutta). The Society moved into this building during 1808. In 1823, the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta was formed...
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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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educated at the Loretto Convent, a school for European Girls at Park Street, Calcutta, as a day scholar and in addition to English she knew Bengali, Sanskrit...
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Indian Museum (redirect from Indian Museum, Calcutta)
The Indian Museum (formerly called Imperial Museum of Calcutta before independence,) is a massive museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is...
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Victoria Memorial, Kolkata (redirect from Victoria Memorial in Calcutta)
building, stately, spacious, monumental and grand, to which every newcomer in Calcutta will turn, to which all the resident population, European and Native, will...
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New Market, Kolkata (redirect from New Market,Calcutta)
section dealing with exotic flowers. It is situated on Lindsay Street, Kolkata (Calcutta), just off Chowringhee Road, the market is open 10 a.m. until...
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The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; abbreviated as CU) is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India...
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Presidency University, Kolkata (redirect from Presidency College, Calcutta)
located in College Street, Kolkata. It was among the best colleges in the country when the institute was affiliated to University of Calcutta. The institution...
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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...
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The Sundarbans National Park is a national park in West Bengal, India, and core part of tiger reserve and biosphere reserve. It is part of the Sundarbans...
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Mother Teresa (redirect from Mother Theresa of Calcutta)
September 2016, she was canonised by the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The anniversary of her death, 5 September, is her feast day. Mother Teresa...
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Park Street (otherwise known as IIHM Park Street for sponsorship reason) is an underground interchange metro station on the North-South corridor of the...
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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...
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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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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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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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Kolkata Metro Line 3 (redirect from IIM Calcutta metro station)
of 3.39 kilometres (2.11 mi) to Diamond Park from Joka. It will connect Kolkata Metro Line 1 at Park Street in central Kolkata and run in parallel up...
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Zoological Garden, Alipore (redirect from Calcutta Zoo)
bodies inside the zoo grounds attracts migratory birds. The Calcutta Aquarium lies across the street from the zoo, and is affiliated to the zoo. The most famous...
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Suzette Jordan (redirect from Park Street rape case (India))
Khan, Ruman Khan and Sumit Bajaj) for the first time at a nightclub in Park Street who offered to drop her home, when she was leaving. Soon after, she 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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Raj Bhavan, Kolkata (redirect from Government House in Calcutta)
nineteenth century, Calcutta was at the height of its golden age. Known as the City of Palaces or St. Petersburg of the East, Calcutta was the richest, largest...
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Government College of Art & Craft (redirect from Calcutta School of Art)
(Calcutta). Calcutta, India. 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013. "Painting memories". Calcutta, India:...
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at 2, China Bazar Street. The Calcutta Stock Exchange has been asked to exit by SEBI, but the matter is sub judice before the Calcutta High Court; thirteen...
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The University of Calcutta, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, is one of the oldest and most renowned educational institutions in South Asia. It was established...
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Fort William, India (redirect from Fort William, Calcutta)
the Fort is the Maidan, the largest park in the country. An internal guard room became the Black Hole of Calcutta. Today the fort is the headquarters...
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Sealdah and Armenian Ghat Street on 24 February 1873. The service was discontinued on 20 November of that year. The Calcutta Tramway Company was formed...
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