Milestones of Kolkata

Job Charnok settles in Calcutta

Sutanuti, Kolikata & Gobindapur bought

City Corporation established

Siraj-ud-daulla captured Calcutta

First currency bill printed

Clive took Bengal, Bihar & Orissa

Calcutta became the capital of India

"The Calcutta Gazzette" published

Asiatic Society established

Raj Bhawan built

The Town Hall built

Hindu College established

Sahid Minar was built

University of Calcutta established

First Tram car in Calcutta

"The Statesman", started

Indian Museum built

SN Banerjee called National convention

First motor car

Capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi

Mohun Bagan won IFA shield final

RN Tagore received Nobel Prize

Victoria Memorial building inaugrated

Chittaranjan Das became first Indian mayor

Mother Teressa came to Calcutta

Famine hit undivided Bengal

Calcutta became the state capital

Naxalite Movement

First TV transmission started

CPI (M) came into power

First underground railway started

Satyajit Roy received Oscar & "Bharat Ratna"

Calcutta renamed as 'Kolkata'