The British Kolkata

Kolkata was the first capital of British India from 1772 to 1911. Job Charnock, who is allegedly called the founder of Kolkata was responsible to bring English East India Company for consolidating its trade business in bengal in 1690. Read our blogs to know more about how once the Mughal Nawab’s emperor became the center of the British.

The Legends

Needless to say, being a cultural capital of India, this city will have great personalities from all field be it Literature, Science, Arts, Music, Movies, Sports, Fashion, Politics and many more. There’s a never ending list of famous personalities from Kolkata who has left great impact not only to the country but also to the world. Some of the great personalities are Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Mother Teresa, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Read our blogs to know more about them.

Famous Destinations

Kolkata is a place where every street has a history. Kolkata has Asia’s largest and World’s second largest planetarium, World’s largest tree ‘The Great Banyan’ in AJC Bose Indian Botanical Garden, Third largest cricket stadium in the world, India’s largest library by volume and public record, India’s oldest zoo, The largest and oldest museum in India, popular heritage buildings of British Architecture, the popular Howrah Bridge, the beautiful temples, the beautiful river banks and the list goes on. Read our blogs to know more about The Gem of India.

The Best Food

Kolkata is famous for it’s authentic Bengali dishes like sukto, posto, luchi alu r dom and it has a vast range of fish dishes. Kolkata is also famous for it’s street food like fuchka, egg roll, Chowmin, moglai parota. But from the royal dishes like Mutton biriyani, seekh kabab to the famous chinese dishes you’ll get it all here. Read our blogs to know more about the awesome food and which is the best place to get it.

Arts and Culture

Kolkata is known as the cultural and intellectual capital of India. The people of kolkata embraces music, theatre, poetry and film and many forms of arts. It’s a tradition that people talk and debate about the movies, musics, politics and various arts. Kolkata is known for the vibrant religious celebrations also. The biggest and brightest religious festival is Durga Puja.

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Get to know the REAL KOLKATA. This website will give you a lot  information about Kolkata. Read our blogs to know about the culture, food, places and the history this place has.


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