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1 day ago · Maa Kali is heavily based on the story of the Calcutta Killing and Noakhali murders, which had long-term harsh political ramifications. The novel sheds light on Bengal's forgotten history and reveals how Bengali Hindus experienced atrocities on the verge of independence, leaving a terrifying mark even after nearly eight decades.
2 days ago · Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), city, capital of West Bengal state, and former capital (1772–1911) of British India. It is one of India’s largest cities and one of its major ports. The city is centered on the east bank of the Hugli River, about 96 miles upstream from the head of the Bay of Bengal.
4 days ago · The history of Kolkata as a British settlement, known to the British as Calcutta, dates from the establishment of a trading post there by Job Charnock, an agent of the English East India Company, in 1690.
1 day ago · Gargi Banerjee, who started playing for Bengal a few years after Contractor did, agrees: "She was spunky. I think a lot of us were quite meek - most of us came from poor families and didn't know ...
4 days ago · From a father mourning the death of his three-year-old to two boys, who rushed to the ‘satsang’ after they saw their mother lying on the ground in a WhatsApp video, the tragedy of the Hathras stampede paints a picture of heart-wrenching loss and a frantic search for missing loved ones. Officials ...
2 days ago · By the time these customs and privileges came to be threatened by modernising regimes in Calcutta from the 1840s onwards, the sepoys had become accustomed to very high ritual status and were extremely sensitive to suggestions that their caste might be polluted.
2 days ago · A text and video journalist based in London, Stephen is a former Reuters bureau chief in Jerusalem. He was previously a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and The Times of London. He ...
