Previous commercial capital of India. Now Kolkatta. Important for Judaism.

the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding

a modern city compared with the rest of India

Headquarters of British East India Company in Bengal in Indian subcontinent; located on Ganges; captured in 1756 during early part of Seven Years' War; later became administrative center for all of Bengal. (p. 560)

"Calcutta" was an instrumental hit by Lawrence Welk from the 1961 Dot Records album Calcutta! and possibly the largest hit of his career.