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- •Kolkata, formerly and still fondly called Calcutta, is the largest city in eastern India and the capital of the state of West Bengal.
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- •Kolkata, formerly and still fondly called Calcutta, is the largest city in eastern India and the capital of the state of West Bengal.
- •Once the capital of the British Raj till 1911, Kolkata is said to have been built on three villages along the Hooghly River, a distributary of the mighty Ganges.
- •The city has seen tremendous growth during and after the partition of India in 1947.
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