Typically, every para has its own community club with a clubroom and often, a playing field. For these reasons, Kolkata has often been dubbed as the Cultural Capital of India or the Literary Capital of India.Ī characteristic feature of Kolkata is with the para or neighbourhoods having a strong sense of community. Kolkatans tend to have a special appreciation for art and literature its tradition of welcoming new talent has made it a City of Furious Creative Energy.
As the former capital of India, Kolkata was the birthplace of modern Indian literary and artistic thought. Kolkata has long been known for its literary, artistic and revolutionary heritage. Jorasanko Thakur Bari, ancestral home of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore Despite such problems, it remains the dominant urban area of eastern India and the major economic, educational and cultural hub. Like other metropolitan cities in developing countries, Kolkata continues to deal with contemporary urban problems like pollution and traffic congestion. However in post-liberalization India, economic rejuvenation has led to an acceleration in the city's growth. Once the center of modern education, science, culture, and politics in India, Kolkata witnessed economic stagnation in the years following India's independence in 1947. It was a center of the Indian struggle for independence and remains a hotbed of contemporary politics. The city is noted for its vibrant political culture. Kolkata served as the capital of India during the British Raj until 1911, when its perceived geographical disadvantages and a growing nationalism in Bengal led officials to shift the capital to New Delhi. Kolkata is also classified as the eighth-largest urban agglomeration in the world. The city proper has 4.5 million residents, and the metropolitan area, including suburbs, has a population of approximately 14.2 million, making it the third-most populous metropolitan area in India and the 13th- most populous urban area in the world. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was once the commercial capital of eastern India. Kolkata (কলকাতা), formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata on Wikipedia: ( English, Afrikaans, مومباي, কলকাতা, Català, Česky, Deutsch, Ελληνικά, Esperanto, Español, فارسی, Français, हिन्दी, Hebrew, Italiano, Malayalam, Polski, Português)
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