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== Interactive Map ==
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<googlemap version="0.9" lat="22.557344" lon="88.337389" type="map" zoom="12" height="600" controls="small">
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?authuser=0&vps=2&ie=UTF8&msa=0&output=nl&msid=211401480495186034184.0004b9536bac950652e90
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The map to the right shows locations of interest in Calcutta
Hover your cursor over the markers on the map to reveal the places marked or use the below index.
Clicking on the markers also produces a balloon with further location details.
<big>'''Locations index'''</big>
[[File:Fortification.png]] '''A''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_(India) Fort William]
[[File:garden.png]] '''B''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_of_interest_in_Kolkata#City_parks Eden Garden Park]
[[File:Anglican cathedral.png]] '''C''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul's_Cathedral,_Kolkata St Pauls Cathedral]
[[File:Anglican church.png]] '''D''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James'_Church,_Kolkata St James Church]
[[File:Anglican church.png]] '''E''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's_Church,_Kolkata St Johns Cathedral Church]
[[File:Anglican church.png]] '''F''' - Old Mission Church
[[File:rc_cathedral.png]] '''G''' - Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral
[[File:Rc Church.png]] '''H''' - St Theresa of Avila Church
[[File:Rc Church.png]] '''J''' - St Thomas's Church
[[File:Anglican church.png]] '''K''' - St Andrews Church
[[File:Cemetery.png]] '''L''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park_Street_Cemetery South Park Street Cemetery]
[[File:monument.png]] '''M''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers'_Building Writers Building]
[[File:monument.png]] '''N''' -[http://kolkata.clickindia.com/tourism/armenianchurch.html Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth]
[[File:monument.png]] '''P'''- Synagogue
[[File:monument.png]] '''Q''' - Greek orthodox Church
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|transport= [[East Indian Railway]] (Howrah)<br>[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]<br>[[Calcutta and South Eastern Railway]] (Sealdah)<br>[[Eastern Bengal Railway]] (Sealdah)<br>[[Calcutta Port Commissioners' Railway]]<br>[[Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway]]<br>[[Barasat-Basirhat Light Railway]]<br>[[Futwah-Islampur Light Railway]]<br>[[Howrah-Amta Light Railway]]<br>[[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway]]
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{{Places of Interest|title=Calcutta |name=Calcutta|link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=211401480495186034184.0004b9536bac950652e90&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=14&vpsrc=1}}
'''Calcutta''' (present day '''Kolkata''') is a large city in north-east India. Calcutta was the headquarters of the Government of the [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal Presidency]]. It was also the capital of British India until [[Delhi]] became the capital on 12th December 1911. The city had a large European mercantile community.
*David Atkinson, "Eliza Fay: New Aspects" ''FIBIS Journal No 24 (Autumn 2010)'', pages 1-11. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]].
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Category:Calcutta_images Images of Calcutta in Fibiwiki collection]
== External Links ==
=====Other=====
*[http://members.lycos.co.uk/calcutta1940s/ Calcutta 1940's1940s] Oral history site A more recent website [http://calcutta1940s.org/Frames.html Calcutta 1940’s], but with fewer photographs
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-11/1322506489 post] mentions Japanese air raids during the [[Second World War|World War 2]], at [[Lillooah]], a EIR colony near Calcutta, and Calcutta.
*[http://www.scribd.com/doc/7189569/Kolkata-Sports-Heritage Kolkata Sports Heritage] Scribd.com
