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There are several theories about the origin of Kolkata, erstwhile Calcutta in English, the name of the capital of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.. Ain-i- Akbari, the rent-roll of Akbar, the sixteenth-century Mughal emperor, and Manasa-mangal, the work of a Bengali poet, Bipradas Pipilai, of the late fifteenth century, both make mention of the city's early name's being Kolikata, from ...
Cotonou (seat of government): The name 'Cotonou' means 'the mouth of the river of death' in the Fon language. Bhutan: Thimphu (1964–present; summer capital until 1949): Etymology unknown. Punakha (1949–1964; winter capital until 1949): Etymology unknown Bolivia: La Paz (de facto administrative seat since 1898): "Peace" in Spanish ...
See Etymology of Assam. Bihar (4) बिहार : Monastery: From Sanskrit vihāra ("Buddhist monastery"). Foreign invaders often used abandoned viharas as military cantonments; the word Bihar may have come from a large number of viharas thus used in the area. Pronunciation the name with 'B' instead of 'V' is an East Indian tradition ...
Kolkata was the capital of the British India until 1911, when the capital was relocated to Delhi. Kolkata grew rapidly in the 19th century to become the second most important city of the British Empire after London and was declared as the financial (commercial) capital of the British India. This was accompanied by the fall of a culture that ...
Kolkata is administered by several government agencies. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation, or KMC, oversees and manages the civic infrastructure of the city's 16 boroughs, which together encompass 144 wards. [135] Each ward elects a councillor to the KMC. Each borough has a committee of councillors, each of whom is elected to represent a ward.
Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, houses the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The temporary secretariat is located in the Nabanna building in the district of Howrah, adjacent to the state capital. The Calcutta High Court is located in Kolkata, which has jurisdiction over the whole of West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and ...
Government • Type: Municipality ... It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). [1] Etymology
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is the local government of the Indian city of Kolkata, the state capital of West Bengal. This civic administrative body administers an area of 206.08 square kilometres (79.57 sq mi). [2] Its motto, Puroshri Bibardhan, is inscribed on its emblem in Bengali script.