KALKUTTA

Kalkutta is the Capital of the West Bengal district in India and there live 5.0 milion people in the center of the city and so Kalkutta is the 4th biggest city in India. In the whole region live 15.2 milion people and so Kalkutta is the 3rd populous city in India.
In 1773 Kalkutt was the capital of India because they had become the trade monopoly of India, for example they traded opium to china. In 1869 Mumbai becomes more popular and the opium trade was over so Kalkutta weakened and they got their glorious end when the capitl of India was changed to Delhi.
Since 1710 the population increased continuously from 12.000 to 5.021.458 and a third of these people live the slums of Kalkutta. The wealthy people of Kalkutta live in the well developed regions of the city where they are more modern and liveable houses. A lot of people come from other lands to India which then results in a continous population increase of Kalkutta.

The Victoria Memorial is the pride of Kalkutta because it was finished in the year 1921 for the queen Victoria. Victoria died in the year 1901 and they divote it to her. The whole building is build with Marmor and it was desinged by Sir William Emerson.


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