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The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, later the Bengal Province, was the largest of all three presidencies of British India during Company rule and later a province of India.
Presidencies and provinces of British India. A mezzotint engraving of Fort William, Calcutta, the capital of the Bengal Presidency in British India 1735. The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.
Kolkata is the regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal. [1] [18] [19] It is the second largest Bengali-speaking city in the world. It has the highest number of Nobel laureates among all cities in India.
3 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.
3 days ago · Kolkata - Cultural Hub, Colonial Legacy, India's City: Calcutta did not become the capital of British India until 1772, when the first governor-general, Warren Hastings, transferred all important offices to the city from Murshidabad, the provincial Mughal capital.
1 day 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.
Kolkata was known as Kolikata or Kalikata before the British developed the city and named as Calcutta. Origin of the name Kalikata (Kolikata) There are several theories that explains about the origin of the name Kalikata or Calcutta. One theory mentions the name was derived from Hindu goddess Kali.
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