Although the city's name has always been pronounced Kolkata or Kôlikata in Bengali, the anglicised form Calcutta was the official name until 2001, when it was changed to Kolkata in order to match Bengali pronunciation.
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Dec 11, 2022 · Kolkata is the Bengali word for Calcutta so the Indian govt has renamed the same city using a new spelling KOLKATA so that all the world over ...
Jul 21, 1999 · The fomer capital of British India is the latest city to cast off its imperial past by changing its title. Suzanne Goldenberg.
Jul 22, 2023 · I myself call Calcutta while speaking to someone in English and Kolkata while in Hindi/Bengali. It automatically comes out.
Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) was a colonial city. The British East India Company developed Calcutta as a village by establishing an artificial riverine port ...