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Kalikata was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India. The other two villages were Gobindapur and Sutanuti . Job Charnock , an administrator with the British East India Company is traditionally credited with the honour of founding the city.
The three villages (Sutanuti, Gobindapur & Kalikata), particularly in 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 British in 1698, though this is debated (see the court ruling in ...
Using this definition the term "city" is used as a primary urban area, which is distinct from the Office for National Statistics urban area agglomerations, with a total population in excess of 125,000. [3] The population figures are based on the cumulative total population of the constituent wards. This list is not the same as the list of local ...
In England, city status sometimes applies to civil parishes, such as with Ripon; though the status may not apply to the local government district which share their name. For example, the civil parishes of Lichfield and Chichester each hold city status, but Lichfield District and Chichester District in which they are situated do not.
In 1756, the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj Ud Daulah, attacked the Fort, temporarily conquered the city, and changed its name to Alinagar. This led the British to build a new fort in the Maidan . Robert Clive started rebuilding the fort in 1758, after the Battle of Plassey (1757); construction was completed in 1781 at a cost of approximately two ...
The city has witnessed a steady increase in the number of registered vehicles: from 17 lakhs in 2019 to 21 lakhs in 2022, an 18.52 per cent jump. [204] With 2,448 vehicles per kilometre of road, Kolkata has the highest car density in India. [203] This leads major traffic congestion. The city's main bus terminals are located at Esplanade and ...
The other two villages were Kalikata and Sutanuti. Job Charnock , an administrator with the British East India Company is traditionally credited with the honour of founding the city. While Kalikata and Sutanuti lost their identity as the city grew, Gobindapur was demolished for the construction of new Fort William .
The bus service from London, England to Calcutta, India (now Kolkata) was considered to be the longest bus route in the world. [1] [2] [3] The bus service, which started in 1957, was routed to India via Belgium, Yugoslavia and North Western India. [4] This route is also known as the Hippie Route. It took about 50 days for the bus to reach ...