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| Calcutta (Kolkatta) - The City of Joy |
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The capital of West Bengal and India's largest city, Calcutta is a seething mass of activity with a cosmopolitan atmosphere
in 1690 Job Charnock came to the bank of the river Hooghly and took the lease of the three villages- Sutanuti, Govindapur and Kolikata(Calcutta) as a trading post of British East India Company. The city became famous in 1756, when Siraj-Ud-Dawlah, last independent nawab of Bengal, captured the city . But the British regained their power in 1757 and the city was recaptured under Robert Clive.
Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of India, made Calcutta the seat of supreme courts of justice and the supreme revenue administration, and Calcutta became the capital of British India in 1772. By 1800 Calcutta had become a busy and flourishing town, the center of the cultural as well as the political and economic life of Bengal.
Some of the best known monuments of the British Raj were built here. Some of the key attractions in the city include Raj Bhawan, the residence of the Governor of Bengal, Victoria Memorial - the city’s landmark, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta Zoo, National Library, Tagore House, Fort William, Armenian Church, Marble Palace, etc.
Calcutta was recently renamed as Kolkatta |
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| Tours around Calcutta (Kolkatta) |
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Tribal Nagaland |
| 09 day tour; Best season: October - March; Highlights: Calcutta, Dhimapur, Zunheboto, Tribal villages, Lothas, Imphal |
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North-East Wildlife Safari |
| 12 day tour; Best season: October-March; Highlights: Delhi, Guwahati, Kaziranga National Park, Calcutta, Sunderbans Reserve + Taj Mahal |
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