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15 Kolkata

Kolkata and I

You can learn intense love for sports from the people of
Kolkata. Football is like their lifeline and cricket, like their
dream. It is an aspiration for footballers and cricketers to
play before the crowd here.

Eden Garden

Kolkata, also called the city of joy , is

located on the Hughli River. It was the
capital of British India until 1911. Its earlier KOLKATA
name was Calcutta .

As Capital Dakshineswar
Kali Temple
Barrackpore
Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal, so the
Belur Math
state’s Governor, Chief Minister, ministers Howrah Bridge Dum Dum

and high officers work and live here. Shaeed Minar
Marble Palace
Howrah Victoria Memorial
Fort William
As a Trade and Industrial Centre Mohan Road
Hari Rabindra Sadan Birla Planetarium
Kolkata is a principal trade and industrial
Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
r
centre of East and Northeast India. Jute is iv
the most important industry here. Other Hooghly Re
important industries include paper, Not to scale

glassworks, chemicals and packaged foods.
It is a large centre for textiles, toys and packaging material. It is home to the

Calcutta Stock Exchange . It has a river-port (and not seaport), called

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