11-28-2005, 09:24 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Ravish+Nov 27 2005, 09:46 PM-->QUOTE(Ravish @ Nov 27 2005, 09:46 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Not much is known about the history of Kolkata of the pre British period. It is only after the arrival of the British in India that the present city of Kolkata came into existance around Fort William.It is said that a British merchant Job Charnok was the person who developed Kolkata. Incidentally, he married a Hindu widow whom he had rescued from becoming Sati.
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the name kolkata comes from "koli-kata" which was one of the 3 villages on the banks of the ganges (hoogly), the other 2 being Gobindopur and Shutanuti.
Some say that the name comes from Kalighat (of temple fame. this temple is located on one of the 24-ish places where kali's ashes fell or something similar, according to Puranic legend).
Thats not true. the name comes from Kolikata village, which existed from not just before Charnok, but before England (3rd century a.d. is when the angles and saxons went to settle in the island called britain) as well.
unless ofcourse, the village name Kolilkata comes from Kalighat.
and though charnok may have married an indian, the "widow saved from sati" is not something i would believe very easily, till i have genuine proof. This could just be another pom canard to make charnok appear as some sort of knight in shinning armour.
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the name kolkata comes from "koli-kata" which was one of the 3 villages on the banks of the ganges (hoogly), the other 2 being Gobindopur and Shutanuti.
Some say that the name comes from Kalighat (of temple fame. this temple is located on one of the 24-ish places where kali's ashes fell or something similar, according to Puranic legend).
Thats not true. the name comes from Kolikata village, which existed from not just before Charnok, but before England (3rd century a.d. is when the angles and saxons went to settle in the island called britain) as well.
unless ofcourse, the village name Kolilkata comes from Kalighat.
and though charnok may have married an indian, the "widow saved from sati" is not something i would believe very easily, till i have genuine proof. This could just be another pom canard to make charnok appear as some sort of knight in shinning armour.