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Calcutta (India)


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    • Calcutta Corporation (India)
    • Calcutta Municipal Corporation (India)
    • Corporation of Calcutta (India)
    • Kalikātā (India)
    • Kalkatʻay (India)
    • Kalkatʻa (India)
    • Kalakattā (India)
    • Kalkatah (India)
    • Kalakātā Purasabhā (India)
    • Municipal Corporation of Calcutta (India)
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    • Sources

      • found: Thankappan, P. A history of Calcutta's streets, 1987:t.p. (Calcutta) p. facing t.p. (Kolkata)
      • found: Where is it, 1976:p. 4 (Calcutta, 22°5ʹN, 88°4ʹE)
      • found: Calcutta (India). Schedule of establishment for ... 1980-81:t.p. (Corporation of Calcutta; Calcutta)
      • found: Sabalā, 1. barsha, 3. saṃkhyā (1982):p. 1 (Kalikātā)
      • found: Lazarovichʻ, P.P. Storagrutʻiwn Kalkatʻay kʻaghakʻi, 1832:t.p. (Kalkatʻay) p. 5 (Kalkatʻa)
      • found: Phone call to assistant director, LC Overseas Operations Div., 12/7/84(Corporation of Calcutta is the same as Calcutta, India; not a separate body)
      • found: Letter from Municipal Commissioner, The Corporation, 1/15/87(Corporation of Calcutta has been re-named Calcutta Municipal Corporation with effect from 1/4/1984)
      • found: Nārīmañca apūrvā, Apraila-Jūna '89:contents p. (Kalakattā)
      • found: Haggadah. Polyglot. Hagadah shel Pesaḥ, 1905:p. 4 of cover (Kalkatah; Calcutta [in rom.])
      • found: Janmaśatabarshe śraddhañjali, 1994:t.p. (Kalakātā Purasabhā)
      • found: Foreign names decisions approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Feb. 28, 2001(former name: Calcutta--PPLA, 22°34ʹN 88°22ʹE; new name: Kolkata [Bengali], Calcutta [conventional]--PPLA, 22°34ʹN 88°22ʹE)
      • found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(unknown; 22°34ʹ11ʺN 088°22ʹ11ʺE)
      • found: Public health in colonial Calcutta and the Calcutta Corporation, 1923-1947, 2010:t.p. (Calcutta Corporation)
      • found: GEOnet, Nov. 27, 2012;(Kolkata [approved], in West Bengal, India, PPLA, 22°33ʹ45ʺN 88°21ʹ47ʺE; variants: Calcutta, Kalikātā, Sealdah)
      • found: Statesman's yearbook online, Nov. 27, 2012under India, city profiles, Kolkata (Kolkata, known as Calcutta until 2001)
      • found: Proceedings of an ordinary meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Calcutta held at the Town Hall on Monday the 7th March 1864 ..., 1864
    • Editorial Notes

      • [SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Kolkata (India).]
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    • Change Notes

      • 1980-09-04: new
      • 2014-05-19: revised
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