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Kolkata (Calcutta)
India
Calcutta’s the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a conversation.
Amit Chaudhuri (Author)
Kolkata, India
pop: 6.2M (metro: 15.3M)
area: 206 sq.km. (metro: 1,886sq.km.)
founded in: 1690, by East India Company
other names: Calcutta (The British name), City of Joy, Cultural Capital of India
famous for: Colonial Architecture, Art and Literature, Revolutionary movements, Howrah Bridge, Being a former capital of the East India Company.
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