Kolkata Travel Guide

Places to Visit in Kolkata

Kal Kothri Kolkata: On June 20, 1756, after the surrender of the city by Nawab Sirajuddaula of Bengal and under the leadership of the President of East India Company, under the leadership of a member of the Council, John Z. Hallwell, the Nawab stopped the remaining European preservatives in a cell. In which many prisoners had died, this incident was a sensational litigation and controversy of the indictment of British imperialism in India Become the subject of.

Fort William: According to Mughal Period in Bengal, Qazi used to settle criminal and civil matters. While the landlords had the responsibility of charging levies. Qazi used to judge with Islamic method, in the case of Hindus, the help of pundits was obtained. Panchayats were in the form of the original unit. Qazi-e-Suba could be appealed against the decision of the Qazi. Qazi's post was hereditary, for which the bid was started later. Unaware of the law, justice was done. Corruption and favoritism were dominated. In 1733 the rights of the Qazi were given to the landowners. Zamindari too did nothing other than selfishness. The landowners were given the powers of justice of all kinds, but the appeal to the Nawab of the province could be made but they were only in the number of cases. The landlords began to negotiate for justice. The general public was a huge victim of robbery.

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata: It was a great achievement for East India Company and Job Charnok to get this safe and sustainable place in East India. For British English business leading from Europe to Asia, Surat, Mumbai and Madras, in the eastern India, Sutanati got a center where East India Company opened its factory in terms of trade and later fortified by the fort William Succeeded in strengthening.

Marble Palace, Kolkata: By 1772, Kolkata did not become the capital of British India; that year, the first Governor-General Warren Hastiggs transferred all important offices from the provincial Mughal capital Murshidabad to the city. In 1773, Bombay and Madras came under the rule of Fort William. The Supreme Court implementing British law started its initial jurisdiction in the city till the Maratha trench (present Acharya Prafulla Chandra and Jagdish Chandra Bose routes).

Culture of Kolkata : Kolkata residents have been active in literature and arts sectors for a long time. In the middle of the 19th century, here is the literary movement inspired by western education, which has created literary renaissance throughout India. One of the important preachers of this movement was Rabindranath Tagore, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. His remarkable creativity in poetry, music, drama and painting has enriched the city's cultural life. Kolkata is also the center of traditional and contemporary music and dance. In 1937, Tagore inaugurated the first All Bengal Music Festival in Kolkata. Since then many Indian classical concerts are organized here every year. The home of many classical dancers was also the venue for the use of Uday Shankar to adopt the western technique of Kolkata in traditional dance arts. Dance, music and drama schools established by them since 1965 exist in the city. With the establishment of National Theater in the 1870s, commercial dramas began in Kolkata. The modern forms of dramas in the city started by dramatists like Girish Chandra Ghosh and Dinabandhu Mitra. Kolkata is still an important center of commercial and amateur theater and experimental plays. This city has also been the starting point of film production in India. Experimental film director Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen have received international acclaim. There are many theaters in the city, where regular English, Bengali and Hindi films are shown.