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