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“Kolkata” (Bengali language|Bangla), “Kalkatta”(Hindi language|Hindi), is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and was capital of British India until 1912. The city's name was officially changed from '''Calcutta''' to Kolkata in January 2001. Despite the new name being phonetically closer to the Bengali version, many people and organizations still refer to it as Calcutta. Kolkata is the main business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India. Kolkata is located in the eastern part of India. It has spread linearly along the banks of the river Hooghly.

History:

Kolkata's history is intimately related to the British East India Company, which first arrived in 1690, and to British India, of which Calcutta became the capital in 1772. In the nineteenth century Calcutta was the epicenter of activity in the early stages of the national movement of independence. Kolkata remained in the forefront of Indian prosperity up to independence and for some more years afterwards before the population pressure on infrastructure and political disturbances led to a gradual decline. A violent and bloody Maoism|Marxist-Maoist movement known as the Naxal movement (after Naxalbari, the place where it first started) in the 1970s left the city badly bruised. The city's recovery process gathered steam after India's liberalization in the early nineties.

Kolkata Buildings!

Kolkata is the main business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India. Kolkata witnessed an economic decline from the late sixties till the late nineties. The city's economic fortunes turned the tide as the early nineties economic liberalization in India reached Kolkata's shores during late nineties. Kolkata is a multicultural, cosmopolitan city. Apart from the diversity of India, the cultures represented are that of the Europeans (Including Germany|Germans, Armenians, and others), and other Asians (Including Overseas Chinese|Chinese, Sinhalese, and Tibetans). Since 1977, a "Left Front" coalition of Left Front|communist and Marxist parties has continuously ruled the state. The Left Front regained control of the Municipal Corporation of Kolkata from the Trinamul Congress in the 2005 civic elections.And in the West Bengal state assembly election, 2011, the Trinamool Congress won 227 seats, in the 294 seat legislature. Trinamool Congress alone won 184 seats becoming an one-party majority in the legislative assembly. The 34 year old Marxist rule ended in catastrophic defeat, with the CPI-M garnering just 40 seats.

Country Code: +91 State Capital: Kolkata STD Code: 033

Police Control Room 100
Lalbazar Control Room 22350230, 22155000-01
West Bengal Police 22215415, 22215486
G.R.P. Sealdah 23503940
G.R.P. Howrah 26602508

Roadways Information (Long Distance):

Calcutta State Transport Corporation 22481916
North Bengal State Transport Corporation 23561687, 22430736
South Bengal State Transport Corporation 22481731, 22486259
Calcutta Tramways Company 22482681, 22481731
West Bengal State Transport Corporation 24116382, 24116388

Railway Information:

General Manager (Eastern Railway) 22207596
Secretary to General Manager 22209088
Assistant Commercial Manager (Fairlie) 22202201
Assistant Commercial Manager (Koilaghata) 22484503
General Manager (S.E. Railway) 24393532
Secretary to General Manager 24392724
Assistant Commercial Manager (Reservation) 22489494
Howrah 26607412, 26603542
Howrah (New Complex) 26602217
Sealdah 23503535, 23503537
Central 1331, 1310, 22203545
Reservation (Eastern) 136, 137, 138
Reservation (South Eastern) 22480257

Airlines Information:

Indian Airlines 22360730, 22364433
Airport (General Enquiry) 140, 25119637
Flight Arrival 142
Flight Departure 25119841, 143
Reservation Enquiry 141, 25119638

Tourism Information:

Tourist Bureau, West Bengal 22488271, 22488273
I.T.D.C. (Government of India) 22821402, 22821475
West Bengal Government Secretariat
Writers Building 22355601, 22353371
New Secretariat 22486271

Ambulance:

St. Johns Ambulance (H.Q.) 22485277
Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Ambulance) 22392232, 22392233
Fire 101, 22440101, 22441063

Hospital:

S.S.K.M. Hospital (P.G.) 22236026, 22236242
Calcutta Medical College 22414901, 22414904
B.M.Birla Heart Research Centre 24567001, 24567005
Belle View Nursing Home 22477473, 22472321
Kothari Medical Centre & Research Institute 24567050, 24792561
Calcutta Hospital and Medical Research 24567700, 24791805
Woodland 24567079, 24567076
R.K.M. Seva Pratisthan (Sishu Mangal) 24753636, 24753638
R.K. Kar Medical College & Hospital 25557676, 25557656
N.R.S. Medical College and Hospital 22443212, 22443217
Peerless Hospital 24622394, 24622462

Accommodation Information :

State Government Guest House (Kyd.Street) 22297463
State Government Circuit House (Hugeford St.) 22405242
Great Eastern Hotel 22482311
Oberoi Grand 22492323
Taj Bengal 22233939
Hotel Hindustan International 22472394
Airport Ashoka 25519111
Kenilworth Hotel 22823403
Park hotel 22493121
Peerless Inn 22280301
Astor Hotel 22829950
Fairlawn Hotel 22451510
Hotel Rut Deen 22476911
Lytton Hotel 22491881
Hotel Shalimar 22285030
Hotel Ananda Bhawan 22374014
Hotel Saptarshi 24405420

• Pros:Local Culture is very rich!!!
• Cons:Cons for his/her birthplace is lil difficult!!! :)
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