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| A WALK DOWN THE MEMORY LANE |
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"To explore the history of modern Kolkata, we trace back to the day of August 24, 1690
– when the British leased three villages from Sabarna Raychoudhuri for
Rs 1300 a year, and incepted our beloved Kolkata." |
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| In late 17th Century, an Englishman called Job Charnock stopped at three sleepy hamlets of Gobindapur, Sutanuti and Kalikata. Job Charnock did not relish returning to Hooghly where their "factory" had been ransacked by the Nawab’s armies. He looked favourably at these villages where local trade already flourished. And history began................... |
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