Today, 24 August, is considered Calcutta’s “foundation day”. On this day in 1690, Job Charnock of the (British) East India Company landed by boat at a riverbank in Sutanuti (in today’s north Calcutta), and decided to set up a trading post here.
What is now Calcutta was then a collection of villages of fishermen, weavers and other artisans. There were also some rich landlords and traders around. The imperial-colonial kiss-embrace made this into a teeming metropolis.
Happy Birthday Calcutta!
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Happy Birthday Culcutta.
Rama, I really enjoyed all the photos, Happy birthday to your sister too.
Thanks for sharing it with us all.
I really like the information in the photos, the daily life. Happy Birthday to Calcutta.
I hope you and yours enjoyed the celebration. Happy Birthday to Calcutta!
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