History of Kolkata
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History of Kolkata
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Kolkata was a colonial city. The British East India Company developed Calcutta as a village by establishing an artificial riverine port in the 18th century CE. Kolkata was the capital of the British India until 1911, when the capital was relocated to Delhi. Kolkata grew rapidly in the 19th century to become the second most important city of the British Empire after London and was declared as the financial (commercial) capital of the British India. This was accompanied by the fall of a culture th
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kolkata
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2005-04-21T10:03:10Z
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2024-09-01T19:17:41Z
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