What is Calcutta famous for?

Answer 1

Calcutta came into prominence when the Britishers captured it from Siraj-ud-daullah in the battle of Plassey. It was centre for British administration in India and the East India Company.

Known as the city of Joy, it has witnessed its share of miseries during riots and revolutions. Now known as Kolkata, it was the first Indian city to introduce Metro rail. It has also been stereotyped as a city of Trams and Hand-rikshaws. The writers building in Calcutta has a been the seat of one of the longest ruling democratic governments, thrown out in 2011 after the Communist Party of India lost to Trinamool Congress.

Kolkata has also been famous to give us leaders, statesmen, artists, intellectuals of world class. All Nobel prize winning candidates from India have been in one way or other associated to Kolkata. Swami Vivekanand, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Mother Teressa, CV Raman, Amartya Sen, Jyoti Basu, Sourabh Ganguly, Kishore Kumar, Shyam Benegal, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Pancham Da, Satyajeet Ray, Mrinal Sen and many more.

Calcutta is also known for the elegant Howrah Bridge, Dakshineshwar Kali, Indian Museum, Victoria Memorial, Eden Gardens and many other football clubs.

The most unique character of Calcutta is the Durga Puja, which justifies the sobriquet "the City of Joy."

There is much more to Calcutta than it can be penned down.