Kolkata
Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is the capital of India's West Bengal state. Founded as an East India Company trading post, it was India's capital under the British Raj from 1773–1911. Today it’s known for its grand colonial architecture, art galleries and cultural festivals. It’s also home to Mother House, headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa, whose tomb is on site. ― Google
People died in Kolkata (First 49 people) - Page 9
Aghorenath Chattopadhyay
Keshab Chandra Sen
Philosopher
Shyamal Gupta
Screenwriter
Anup Kumar
Indian actor
Ashapurna Devi
Indian novelist
Robert Bruce Foote
Geologist
Manmohan Ghose
Indian poet
Sandhya Mukhopadhyay
Indian playback singer
Buddhadeb Guha
Author
Ashin Gupta
Author
Sekhar Basu
Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission of India
Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib
Tipu Sultan's son
Mahendranath Gupta
Author
Amala Shankar
Ananda Shankar's mother
Shaoli Mitra
Theatre actress
Nawab Abdul Latif
Madhav Prasad Birla
Indian entrepreneur
Tarapada Roy
Writer
Niharranjan Ray
Indian historian
Hara Prasad Shastri
Archivist
Devi Mukherjee
Actor
Suresh Kumar Neotia
John Fendall Jr.
Former Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Swarup Dutt
Film actor
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Indian filmmaker
Sheoo Mewalal
Indian footballer
Hara Chandra Ghosh
Surajit Sengupta
Footballer
Chuni Goswami
Indian football player
Santu Mukhopadhyay
Indian actor
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
Indian singer
Amir Khan
Indian vocalist
Amiya Charan Banerjee
Mathematician
Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri
Indian physicist
Chanchal Kumar Majumdar
Indian physicist
Ashish Kakkad
Indian film director
Subhankar Banerjee
Indian musician
Akhtar Ali
Indian tennis player
Birendranath Sasmal
Lawyer
Manikuntala Sen
Politician
Saroj Dutta
Kamal Basu
Indian Politician
Shakti Thakur
Indian actor
Nirupam Sen
Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
Binod Bihari Chowdhury
Bangladeshi revolutionary
Ramendra Sundar Tribedi
Author
Ramaprasad Banik
Theatre actor
