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'''Kolkata''' is the name now used in [[India]] and overseas for the city formerly known as [[Calcutta]]. Until Delhi was declared capital in the early twentieth century, Kolkata was the capital of [[British India]] and it was the largest city in India until its population was overtaken by that of [[Mumbai]] in the 1980s. Today Kolkata has a population of 4.5 million (city) 14.6 million ([[conurbation]]).

'''Calcutta''' is the capital of the state of [[West Bengal]] in [[India]]. Until Delhi was declared capital in the early twentieth century, it was the capital of [[British India]] and it was the largest city in India until its population was overtaken by that of [[Bombay]] in the 1980s.

'''Kolkata''' is the name now used in [[India]] for it.

Kolkata is the capital of the state of [[West Bengal]]. However, it had suffered a severe blow to its prosperity in 1947 when, during the [[Partition]] of India, the larger part of the province of [[Bengal]] was allotted to the new state of [[Pakistan]], becoming [[East Pakistan]] and later, in 1971, [[Bangladesh]]. This partition deprived the city of much of its economic hinterland.

Today Calcutta has a population of 4.5 million (city) 14.6 million ([[conurbation]]).

However, it had suffered a severe blow to its prosperity in 1947 when, during the [[Partition]] of India, the larger part of the province of [[Bengal]] was allotted to the new state of [[Pakistan]], becoming [[East Pakistan]] and later, in 1971, [[Bangladesh]]. This partition deprived the city of much of its economic hinterland.

 

[[Category:Indian Cities and Towns]]

[[Category:Indian Cities and Towns]]

[[Category:Indian History]]

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