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6 hours ago · West Bengal Calcutta airport’s new director Pravat Ranjan Beuria lists his priorities Pravat Ranjan Beuria, who has recently taken over as the director of NSCBI Airport, said the responsibility of the airport authorities does not end with facilitating passengers to board a flight or get off one
6 hours ago · On June 29, Clive reached Murshidabad with 200 European soldiers and 300 sepoys. He was received at the Nawab’s palace by Mir Jafar and his officials. Mir Jafar was placed on the throne by Clive. Mir Jafar’s brief reign in two stints, 1757-1760 and 1763-1765, would be turbulent with the new Nawab unable to cope with the demands of the British.
6 hours ago · Hawkers will be disciplined and a survey to identify their numbers has started, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday after the first meeting of the five-member committee that chief minister Mamata Banerjee had announced on Thursday to regulate hawkers. On Friday morning, a team from the Kolkata ...
Kolkata Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, is the capital and largest city of West Bengal and the cultural capital of India.Kolkata is an "in your face" city that shocks and charms the unsuspecting visitor.
The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; abbreviated as CU) is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate colleges and 16 institutes in Kolkata and nearby areas. It was established on 24 January 1857 and is the oldest multidisciplinary university of Indian ...
The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument on the Maidan in Central Kolkata, having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria, the Empress of India from 1876 to 1901. It is the largest monument to a monarch anywhere in the world.
2 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. In 1773 Bombay (now Mumbai) and Madras (now Chennai) became subordinate to the government at Fort William. A supreme court administering English law began to exercise original jurisdiction over the city as far as the Maratha Ditch ...
