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School of Management. School of Computer Science. Bachelor of Computer Application. School of Design and Media. Bachelor of Media Science B.

Sc in Film and Television B. School of Hospitality. Sc in Hospitality and Hotel Administration. Kolkata is famous for its festivals — the most significant of which is Durga Puja. The artisans, mostly based in Kumartuli, toil year long making idols of Goddess Durga for the five-day festival the city celebrates every autumn.

The first Metro Railway services in the country also found its home in Kolkata, then Calcutta, in The British East India Company had started an ambitious initiative for which they required a large number of labourers.

Some markers of urban settlements include planned roads, water supply and transport, and Datta says that the establishment of these in the early 19th century was responsible for making Calcutta the great city that it eventually became. Following the establishment of the Lottery Committee, one of the most important urban development projects undertaken by the British East India Company included the laying down of the long stretch of road that is now called Bidhan Sarani in north Calcutta.

Once this road was laid down, institutions began coming up on this road, like schools and colleges. It shows that urban social and cultural activity was happening.

The city started getting character. It took a long time and some broad political, social, economic activities that happened in phases gave character to the city. The markers that make an urban settlement a city only happened in the 19th century for Calcutta. The States. It contended that Calcutta found mention in documents and the city's maps dating back to The state government has accepted the verdict. Email this Article.