Kolkata (ind)

Kolkata

Kolkata ranks 134th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hyōgo Prefecture, British Hong Kong, and Minneapolis. Memorable people born in Kolkata include Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, and William Makepeace Thackeray. Memorable people who died in Kolkata include Mother Teresa, Rabindranath Tagore, and Satyajit Ray. Kolkata has been the birth place of many actors and writers and the death place of many writers and film directors. Kolkata is located in India.

Kolkata 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. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city of India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore). It is the centre of the Kolkata Metropolitan Region, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world with a population of over 15 million residents. Kolkata is the de facto cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal. It is the second largest Bengali-speaking city in the world. It has the highest number of Nobel laureates among all cities in India. Read more on Wikipedia