Kolkata
Capital of West Bengal, India
Summary
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, 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 India and one of the gateways to northeastern India. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million. Kolkata is regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal.
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Moving [[:Category:Capitals of former nations]] to [[:Category:Capitals of former countries]] per [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy]]
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Restored revision 1354466399 by [[Special:Contributions/LaundryPizza03|LaundryPizza03]] ([[User talk:LaundryPizza03|talk]]): You have mixed up Metro Nominal and PPP 12.45 lk is Metro nominal not PPP
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Self-reverted [[Special:Diff/1351285278|1351285278]] by [[Special:Contributions/FMRadio|FMRadio]] ([[User talk:FMRadio|talk]]): I forgot about company names/acronyms that use Calcutta. Poor connection atm but I'll revisit this soon
See [[Talk:Kolkata#Common_name_standardization]]. // ([[Special:Permalink/1351284188|Permalink]])
