Kolkata tourism India

General info

Kolkata is not an ancient city like Delhi, with its impressive relics of the past. In fact, it's largely a British creation which dates back only some 300 years and was the capital of British India until the beginning of this century. In 1686, the British abandoned Hooghly, their trading post 38km up the Hooghly River from present-day Kolkata, and moved downriver to there small villages - Sutanati, Govindpur and Kailkata. Kolkata takes its name from the last of those three tiny settlements. Much of the Kolkata's most enduring development took place between 1780 and 1820. Latter in the 19th century, Bengal became an important centre in the struggle for Indian independence, and this was a major reason for the decision to transfer the capital to Delhi in 1911. Loss of political power did not alter Kolkata's economic control, and the city continued to prosper until after WW11.

Hotels

Five class hotels

The Park Oberoi Grand Taj Bengal ITC Sonar Luxury Collection

First class Hotels

Floatel Hindustan international Fortune park panchwati Peerless inn

Budget Hotels

Fair Lawn Lindsay Lytton

Sightseeing
Victoria memorial	Indian museum	Eden gardens	Maidan & Fort william
Ochterlony monuments	St Paul's cathedral	Howrah bridge	Birla planetarium
BBD Bagh ( Dalhousie Square )	Kali temple	Marble palace	Zoo & Horticultural gardens
Nehru children's museum	St John's church	Botanical gardens	Nicco park
Vidyasagar Setu	Pareshnath Jain Temple	Belur Math	Nakhoda Mosque
Science city	Birla mandir	Zoological gardens	Nalban boating complex
Saheed minar	Jorasanko tagore house	Rabindra sadan

Places to eat
Anand restaurant	Indian coffee house	Amber hotel	Fairlawn hotel
Zaranj restaurant

Excursion
Sunderbans tiger reserve	Digha	Shantiniketan	Ganga sagar
Gandhi ghat	Diamond harbour	Krishnagar	Nabadwip

Travel info

Air : Kolkata is connected by air with Jorhat, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Ranchi, Silchar, Tezpur, Visakhapatnam, Amritsar, Delhi and Leh. Rail : Kolkata is connected by rail with all major cities of the country. Road : Kolkata is well connected by road with all major parts of the country. Distances from Kolkata Belur Math 16 km; Darjeeling 665 km; Durgapur 182 km; Digha 163 km; Shantiniketan 216 km; Kalimpong 654 km; Kurseong 633 km; Murshidabad 222 km; Siliguri 585 km and Vishnupur 152 km.

Cities of Westbengal
Darjeeling	Gaur	Kalimpong	Kolkata
Kurseong	Malda	Mirik	Murshidabad
Pandua	Shantiniketan	Siliguri