Kolkata
City
Capital of British India until 1911, on the Hooghly River; called Calcutta until 2001.
Names
- until 2001 Calcutta
Held by
- 1789 – 1793 Mughal Empire
- 1793 – August 1, 1858 Company rule in India
- August 2, 1858 – August 14, 1947 British Raj
- since August 15, 1947 India
Capital of
- 1858 – 1911 British Raj
- Company rule in India Called Calcutta
Events here 5
- October 16, 1905 – December 12, 1911 Partition of Bengal
- September 4, 1920 – February 12, 1922 Non-cooperation movement
- 1943 – 1944 Bengal famine of 1943
- August 16, 1946 Direct Action Day
- August 9, 2024 2024 Kolkata rape and murder