Kolkata
West Bengal's capital
Kolkata is a major city in eastern India, capital of West Bengal state, situated on the Hooghly River.
Formerly called Calcutta under British rule, the city was renamed in 2001 to reflect Bengali pronunciation.
It served as the capital of British India until 1911 and remains a cultural and intellectual center: We flew into Kolkata to visit the Kali temple.
character
Full of energetic activity
- tramsRail-bound urban transit
- GangesIndia's holiest river
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- crowdedFilled beyond comfort
humid · chaotic · intellectual · nostalgic
history
Bengali poet-philosopher, 1913 laureate
Maidan
Large urban public square
bustling
Full of energetic activity
crowded · humid · chaotic · intellectual · nostalgic
Tagore
Bengali poet-philosopher, 1913 laureate
biryani
Spiced layered rice dish
Tollywood
Telugu film industry
- paraMilitary skydiver, briefly
immersion
State of being submerged
- BengalWest Bengal, Dhaka, Durga, Bay of Bengal, jute
- Indian CitiesMumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi
- Bengal HistoryBengal Renaissance, colonial rule, Dhaka, East India Company, zamindari system
- Indian Ocean PortsChennai, Chittagong, Colombo, Cochin, Karachi
- Ganges IndiaGanges River, Varanasi, Patna, Ganges Delta, Sundarbans
- citiesParis, London, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles