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An example is the change from English Calcutta to English Kolkata – the local Bengali name (কলকাতা Kôlkata) did not change. Such changes in English spelling may be in order to better reflect a more accurate phonetic transliteration of the local name, or may be for other reasons.
Kolkata is the only Indian city with a tram network, which was operated by the Calcutta Tramways Company. It has now amalgamated to West Bengal Transport Corporation. [199] There are three operational routes: Tollygunge to Ballygunge, Gariahat to Esplanade, Shyambazar to Esplanade. Trams are environment friendly but due to slow-moving and ...
Despite being almost totally destroyed by a cyclone, in which 60,000 died, on 5 October 1864, Calcutta grew, mostly in an unplanned way, in the next 150 years from 117,000 to 1,098,000 inhabitants (including suburbs), and now has a metropolitan population of approximately 14.6 million.
The Calcutta Municipal corporation (recently renamed as Kolkata Municipal Corporation) was formed and the city had its first mayor. Although the city's name has always been pronounced Kolkata or Kôlikata in Bengali, the anglicised form Calcutta was the official name until 2001, when it was changed to Kolkata in order to match Bengali ...
Kanakagiri to Kanigiri (now in Prakasam District, previously in Nellore District) Kandanavrolu to Kandenavolu to Kurnool; Kandarapura or Kanteru (Guntur District) Kantakasela or Kantikossula or Ghantasala; Karmmarashtra (during Pallava period) for Ongole town and surroundings watered by Gundlakamma river. Kavali or Kanakapatnam
In 1858, Allahabad (now Prayagraj) became the capital of India for a day when it also served as the capital of North-Western Provinces. [3] During the British Raj, until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of India. [4] By the latter half of the 19th century, Shimla had become the summer capital. [5]
Calcutta is the former anglicised name of the city of Kolkata in the state of West Bengal in India. Calcutta may also refer to: Places. Kolkata district, an ...
Sutanuti on map of Calcutta (1690) Sutanuti was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) in India, along with Gobindapur and Kalikata. Sutanuti was set up along the banks of the Hooghly river, which is a tributary of the Ganges river.