Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is situated at the east bank of the river Bhagirathi, a major tributary of river Ganges. It is the capital of the state of West Bengal. The city is also called as the city of slums, city of political processions or city or city of palaces, but to the Bengali community people, it is the ‘city of joy’.

During the British period, it was the capital of India. To find at the history we have to go back to 1690 A.D. when a Englishman ‘Job Charnock’ took the lease of three villages – Sutanuti, Govindapur & Kolkata for East India Company and then renamed the three places as Calcutta of today's Kolkata.

This is the largest in India and the sixth largest city in this world. This city is very much cosmopolitan in nature. People from different places and from different ethnic groups are enjoying the magical charm of this city.

Some famous personalities from this city –

1) Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
2) Mr. Sathyajit Ray
3) Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose
4) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
5) Mother Teresa
6) Dr. Ronald Ross
7) Prof. Amartya Sen

To reach

By AIR – Kolkata has a international airport named as Netaji Subhas Chandar Bose International Airport. This airport serves as domestic as well as international purposes also. The airport has direct connectivity to and from Delhi, Mumbai, Guwahati, Chennai, Bangalore, Agartala, Paro, Dhaka, Bangkok, Singapore, London, Frankfurt, Dubai, Moscow etc.

By Rail – Kolkata is one of the most important station of the Eastern and South Eastern Railway (Indian Railway) and has regular railway connectivity to and form New Jalpaiguri (NJP), Delhi, Jammu, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Guwahati etc.

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