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    Kolkata (redirect from Calcutta, India)
    US: /koʊlˈkɑːtɑː/, Bengali: [kolˈkata] , IAST: Kōlkātā; also known as Calcutta /kælˈkʌtə/ which was the official name until 2001) is the capital and largest...
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    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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  • The Calcutta trilogy may refer to either of the following two Bengali film trilogies: Three films by Satyajit Ray: Pratidwandi (The Adversary) (1970) Seemabaddha...
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  • Calcutta, West Virginia, United States Calcutta, Suriname Calcutta, Belize Black Hole of Calcutta, an 18th-century dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta Calcutta...
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  • Oh! Calcutta! is an avant-garde, risqué theatrical revue created by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan. The show, consisting of sketches on sex-related...
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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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  • the Royal Navy have been named HMS Calcutta, after the Indian city of Calcutta (now Kolkata). The first HMS Calcutta (1795) was a 54-gun fourth rate, originally...
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    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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    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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  • Calcutta Gazette was an English newspaper in Bengal founded by Francis Gladwin, a colonial officer, in 1784. It was one of the first newspapers in India...
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    A Calcutta auction is an open auction held in conjunction with a golf tournament, horse race or similar contest with multiple entrants. It is popular in...
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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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  • "Calcutta" is a German pop song. An instrumental version by American bandleader and TV host Lawrence Welk on the 1961 Dot Records album Calcutta! was...
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  • The Calcutta Group was a group of modern artists in India, formed in 1943 in Kolkata. It has the distinction of being the first artistic movement of its...
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    The Calcutta Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between England and Scotland played annually in the Six Nations Championship. Like...
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    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...
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    delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency and Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist...
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  • Calcutta Mail is a 2003 Indian action thriller film starring Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji and Manisha Koirala. It was directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film...
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    The Bank of Calcutta (a precursor to the present State Bank of India) was founded on 2 June 1806, mainly to fund General Arthur Wellesley's wars against...
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  • Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (popularly known by its abbreviation CC&FC, or CCFC) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West...
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  • 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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  • Calcutta Time was one of the two official time zones established in British India in 1884. It was established during the International Meridian Conference...
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    Edoardo D'Erme (born 19 April 1989 in Latina, Lazio), better known as Calcutta, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He debuted with the album Forse… (Maybe...
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  • The Calcutta Chromosome is a 1995 English-language novel by Indian author Amitav Ghosh. The book, set in Calcutta and New York City at some unspecified...
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    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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  • The Calcutta Theatre or The New Playhouse, was a historic theatre in Calcutta (now named Kolkata) in India. It was founded in 1775 and active until 1808...
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    movement, from Bengal. The airport's IATA code CCU is associated with "Calcutta", the former legal name of the city. Opened in 1924, Kolkata Airport is...
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    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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  • 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...
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    The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) is the Kolkata-based flagship company of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, born from the erstwhile RPG Group...
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