Milestones of Kolkata
Job Charnok settles in Calcutta
1690Sutanuti, Kolikata & Gobindapur bought
1698City Corporation established
1727Siraj-ud-daulla captured Calcutta
1756First currency bill printed
1757Clive took Bengal, Bihar & Orissa
1765Calcutta became the capital of India
1772"The Calcutta Gazzette" published
1784Asiatic Society established
1784Raj Bhawan built
1804The Town Hall built
1813Hindu College established
1817Sahid Minar was built
1828University of Calcutta established
1857First Tram car in Calcutta
1873"The Statesman", started
1875Indian Museum built
1875SN Banerjee called National convention
1883First motor car
1896Capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi
1911Mohun Bagan won IFA shield final
1911RN Tagore received Nobel Prize
1913Victoria Memorial building inaugrated
1921Chittaranjan Das became first Indian mayor
1924Mother Teressa came to Calcutta
1929Famine hit undivided Bengal
1943Calcutta became the state capital
1947Naxalite Movement
1970-71First TV transmission started
1975CPI (M) came into power
1977First underground railway started
1984Satyajit Roy received Oscar & "Bharat Ratna"
1992Calcutta renamed as 'Kolkata'
2001