Calcutta

(kal-kut'tah,) a city of British India, pres. and prov. Bengal, and the C. of the British dominions in the East, on the Hooghly, an arm of the Ganges, 100 m. from the Bay of Bengal; Lat. of Fort William, 22° 33' 5" N., Lon. 88° 17′ E. From its splendid architectural appearance, C. has been styled the " City of Palaces," and is, next to Canton, the greatest commercial emporium of Asia. An English factory was established here in 1698, at which time C. was an inconsiderable village. Pop. 616,249. [s. 130]