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The University of Calcutta is located in Kolkata ... does that make sense?
Today Kolkata has a population of 4.5 million (city) 14.6 million ([[conurbation]]).
Today Kolkata 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.
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.
==Links==
*[http://www.caluniv.ac.in/ University of Calcutta]
[[Category:Indian Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Indian Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Indian History]]
[[Category:Indian History]]