- Kolkata is famous for12:
- Its delicious Bengali food, especially biryani and street food
- Its love of literature and artistic heritage, as the birthplace of modern Indian literary and artistic thought
- Its trams, which are the oldest operating electric trams in Asia
- Its Eden Gardens, which is the largest cricket stadium in India and the second-largest in the world
- Its football culture, with the Salt Lake Stadium being the largest football stadium in India and the second-largest in the world
- Its Bengali cinema, which is known for its realism and social commentary
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- 2. Love of Literature A Library in Kolkata ...
- 3. Biryani Bengali Mutton Biryani ...
- 4. Street Food Savour Kathi Rolls in Kolkata ...
www.treebo.com/blog/things-kolkata-is-famous-for/Kolkata is known for its literary, artistic and revolutionary heritage; as the former capital of India, it was the birthplace of modern Indian literary and artistic thought. Kolkata has been called the "City of Furious, Creative Energy" as well as the "cultural [or literary] capital of India".
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Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. Kolkata is … See more
The word Kolkata (Bengali: কলকাতা [kolˈkata]) derives from Kôlikata (Bengali: কলিকাতা [ˈkɔliˌkata]), the Bengali language name of one of three villages that predated the arrival of the British; the other two villages … See more
Spread roughly north–south along the east bank of the Hooghly River, Kolkata sits within the lower Ganges Delta of eastern India approximately … See more
Kolkata is the commercial and financial hub of East and North-East India and home to the Calcutta Stock Exchange. It is a major commercial and military port, and is one of five cities in … See more
Civic administration
Kolkata is administered by several government agencies. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation, … See moreThe discovery and archaeological study of Chandraketugarh, 35 km (22 mi) north of Kolkata, provide evidence that the region in which the city … See more
Urban structure
Kolkata, which is under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), has an area of 206.08 km (80 sq mi). The east–west … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Kolkata | History, Population, Government, & Facts | Britannica
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The city’s former name, Calcutta, is an Anglicized version of the Bengali name Kalikata. According to some, Kalikata is derived from the Bengali word Kalikshetra, meaning “Ground of (the goddess) Kali.” Some say the city’s name derives from the location of its original settlement on the bank o…
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