Kolkata is known for its grand celebrations of the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, which is recognized by UNESCO for its importance to world heritage. Kolkata is also known as the ''City of Joy''.
The name Calcutta was officially changed to Kolkata in January 2001 by the Government of India. This renaming was meant to reflect the Bengali pronunciation of the city's name and to restore its cultural identity.
The City of Joy was a sobriquet that began to gain popular acceptance after Dominique Lapierre's 1985 novel, City of Joy, was published. His graphic description of the slum dwellers in Anand Nagar, Kolkata, who were striving to survive while retaining their happiness, aptly captured the spirit of the city.
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What are the five nicknames of India?
Answer: India Arya Varta, Tenjiku, Bharat, Hindustan, and Al-Hind are the five names. Bharat: Bharat word comes from 'Bharata,' the Sanskrit word. It refers to 'Agni' (fire). Additionally, Bharat was the son of Shakuntala and Dushyant.
Kolkata was the capital of the British India until 1911, when the capital was relocated to Delhi. Kolkata grew rapidly in the 19th century to become the second most important city of the British Empire after London and was declared as the financial (commercial) capital of the British India.
Kolkata and Kunming have some similarities, and not just the first alphabets of their nomenclatures. While Kolkata is the commercial, education and cultural hub of eastern India, Kunming enjoys the same position in South-West China.
Before the Constitutional Assembly in 1949, the country was known as Bharat, India, and Hindustan. While a good number of the drafting committee members preferred the old name, Bharat, many others favoured India. That's what led to the Constituent Assembly choosing both the names.
Jaipur became known as “The Pink City” when, in 1876, Maharaja Ram Singh had most of the buildings painted pink—the color of hospitality—in preparation for a visit by Britain's Queen Victoria.
Delhi is called 'Mini India' because it has people from all over the country, welcomes foreigners, is an education hub, celebrates many festivals, and has a mix of different foods and languages. You can also find state houses and handicrafts from all around India here.
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh.
Goa is India's smallest state, with an area of only 3,702 square kilometres. It has a coastline of 105 km on the Arabian Sea. Goa was under Portuguese occupation for more than 400 years, thus resulting in a distinct combination of Indian and European Cultures.
During the British colonial era, they renamed places like Kochi into Cochin and transformed Kolkata to Calcutta as a demonstration of their influence, through urban planning. Similarly, Serampore was part of Danish India under the name Frederick Nagore from 1755 to 1845.
The city's former name, Calcutta, is an Anglicized version of the Bengali name Kalikata. According to some, Kalikata is derived from the Bengali word Kalikshetra, meaning “Ground of (the goddess) Kali.” Some say the city's name derives from the location of its original settlement on the bank of a canal (khal).
Calcutta (subsequently renamed Kolkata), the capital city of the state, is named after the Anglicized version of it's Bengali name 'Kalikata'. According to some historians, 'Kalikata' is derived from the Bengali word 'Kalikshetra', which means Land of Kali (the goddess).
The founding of the modern city of Kolkata earlier known as Calcutta dates back to 1690. The foundation has been ascribed to Job Charnock, an agent of the British East India Company, who landed in the village of Sutanuti and established a British factory there.
"Hindustan", as the term Hindu itself, entered the English language in the 17th century. In the 19th century, the term as used in English referred to the Subcontinent. "Hindustan" was in use simultaneously with "India" during the British era.
In ancient China, India was called Tianzhu, a phonetic transcription of the Sanskrit word Sindhu, referring to the Indus River region, symbolizing India's cultural and geographical importance.
