Kolkata
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(Calcutta se bheja gais)
Kolkata (কলকাতা) | |
Clockwise from top: Victoria Memorial, St. Paul's Cathedral, central business district, Howrah Bridge, city tram line, Vidyasagar Bridge | |
Nickname: "City of Joy" | |
Country | India |
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State | West Bengal |
Division | Presidency |
Government | |
- Mayor | Sovan Chatterjee |
Population | |
- City (2011) | 4486679 |
- Metropolitan area | 14112536 |
Postal index number | 7000 xx, 7001 xx |
Website: www.kmcgov.in |
Kolkata (Bengali: কলকাতা), jiske 1 January 2001 se pahile Calcutta naam rahaa, India ke West Bengal state ke capital ciy hae. Iske abaadi (2001 census) 4,580,544 rahaa. Ii India ke duusra sab se barraa city (Mumbai ke baad) hae.[1]
Ii Hooghly Naddi ke East bank pe hae.[2] Kolkata, British Raj ke niche India ke capital 1911 talak rahaa.
Itihaas
[badlo | source ke badlo]References
[badlo | source ke badlo]- ↑ "National Portal of India : Know India : State and UTs". Archived from the original on 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge. 1833. p. 338. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=F8URAAAAYAAJ&dq=Kolkata+east+bank+of+river+Hooghly&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0.
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