Rediscovering The Treasure Of “The City Of Joy”

“The Old Days – History of Kolkata”
The Kolkata “City Of Joy” formerly known as Calcutta in English, situated in West Bengal located in Eastern India on the east bank of the River Hooghly and formerly it was the capital of India during the British Raj up to 1911 and later moved to New Delhi, India.
Kolkata used to consist of three villages- Kalikata (Fishing Village), Gobindapur and Sutanuti (Riverside Weavers’ Village).
The word Kolkata derives from the Bengali term Kalikata (Bengali: কলিকাতা) the name of one of three villages.