INDIA Cities in BengalCities in Bengal
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Although the name Kalikata had been mentioned in the rent-roll of the Great Mughal emperor Akbar and also in Manasa-Mangal, the real history of Calcutta, goes back to the 17 th. century. It was in 1690....Job Charnock came to the bank of the river Hooghly, part of the Ganges, and took the lease of the three villages- Sutanuti, Govindapur and Kolikata(Calcutta) as a trading post for the British East India Company. The city became famous in 1756, when Siraj-Ud-Dawlah, the last independent nawab of Bengal, captured the city . But the British regained power in 1757 when the city was recaptured by Robert Clive. Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of India, made it the seat of the supreme courts of justice and the supreme revenue administration, and Calcutta became the capital of British India in 1772. By 1800 Calcutta had become a busy and flourishing town, the center of the cultural as well as the political and economic life of Bengal.
Bankura is one of the West Bengal Districts. Bardhaman is one of the West Bengal Districts. Birbhum is one of the West Bengal District. Coochbehar is one of the West Bengal Districts. Hooghly is one of the West Bengal Districts. The district situated in the northern part of West Bengal has international borders with Bhutan and Bagladesh in the North and South respectively and borders with Assam and Darjeeling hills in the East, West and Northwest. Malda is one of the West Bengal Districts. Nadia is one of the West Bengal Districts. The British Council Library network provides you with access to contemporary British ideas and expertise. Corporate members tell us that membership to the British Council Library has provided benefit to individuals in the organisations as well as the organisation as a whole. Uttardinajpur is one of the West Bengal District. |