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KOLKATA WEATHER
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Kolkata has a tropical wet-and-dry climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The annual mean temperature is 26.8 °C (80.2 °F); monthly mean temperatures range from 19 °C (66.2 °F) to 30 °C (86.0 °F). Summers are hot and humid with temperatures in t... |
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OTHER INFORMATION
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Education:Kolkata's schools are either run by the state government or by private (many of which are religious) organisations. Schools mainly use Bengali or English as the medium of instruction, though Urdu is also used , especially in Central Kolkata... |
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KOLKATA VIDEO
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A look at the city of Calcutta and some of its historical significance and famous sites.
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HISTORY OF KOLKATA
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Kolkata, formerly spelled Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in eastern India on the east bank of the River Hooghly. The city is a colonial city developed by the British East India Company and then the British ... |
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NAME AND ORIGINS
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The rent-roll of Akbar, the 16th century Mughal emperor, and the work of a Bengali poet, Bipradas Pipilai, of the late 15th century, both make mention of the city's early name being Kolikata, from which Kolkata/Calcutta are said to derive.There is mu... |
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JOURNEY FROM BRITISH RULE TO INDEPENDENCE
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The three villages, in particular Kalikata, where Calcutta is located, came into the possession of the British East India Company in 1690 and some scholars like to date its beginnings as a major city from the construction of Fort William by the Briti... |
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THE FALL OF CALCUTTA TO SIRAJ UD-DAULA
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When the Seven Years' War broke out, owing to their constant rivalry with the French, and the fall of Madras to the forces of Dupleix, early in 1756 the British authorities in Calcutta began repairs to the fortifications of old Fort William, which we... |
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