Kolkata Overview

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Welcome to the 'City of Joy', another metropolis of India, Kolkata. Erstwhile capital of India under the British Raj, the culture of Kolkata has bathed in the varied influences of the Nizams and the Europeans among others. Kolkata is a 300 year old city, composed of three villages - Sutanati, Gobindapur and Kolikata, founded by Job Charnok an East India Company agent in 1690.

Welcome to the 'City of Joy', another metropolis of India, Kolkata. Erstwhile capital of India under the British Raj, the culture of Kolkata has bathed in the varied influences of the Nizams and the Europeans among others. Kolkata is a 300 year old city, composed of three villages - Sutanati, Gobindapur and Kolikata, founded by Job Charnok an East India Company agent in 1690.

The city of multifarious delights, swathed in a cornucopia of colours and culinary delights, Kolkata is unique in its own way!  Its is an intellectual hub, which produced some of India’ finest brains and also five Nobel laureates - Ronald Ross, Sir C.V. Raman, Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa and Amartya Sen. With a life that revolves around the Hoogly (Ganges), Kolkata still retains the aura of the colonial days, in its radiant days and charming lifestyle.