Calcutta! is an avant-garde, risqué theatrical revue created by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan. The show, consisting of sketches on sex-related topics, debuted Off-Broadway in 1969 and then in the West End in 1970.

May 10, 2013 · An old photograph taken in the year 1903 somewhere in Calcutta showing four Britishers in a car. A 1944 picture of Chowringee Road (Esplanade) near the tram terminus. Building with clock tower housed Whiteaway and Laidlaw department store.

Dec 26, 2018 · Catch a glimpse of colonial Calcutta as sketched by British artists in the 18th and 19th centuries. These prints document how three simple villages transformed into the ‘second city’ of the British Empire.

Oh! Calcutta!: Directed by Guillaume Martin Aucoin, Jacques Levy. With Raina Barrett, Mark Dempsey, Samantha Harper, Patricia Hawkins. Based on the controversial off-Broadway musical comedy revue, "Oh! Calcutta! is a series of musical numbers about sex and sexual mores.

Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) was a colonial city. The British East India Company developed Calcutta as a village by establishing an artificial riverine port in the 18th century CE. Kolkata was the capital of the British India until 1911, when the capital was relocated to Delhi.

Presenting 15 Rare & Old Photo's of Calcutta | The City of Joy. 1. Harrison Street Strand Road and Burra Bazaar in Kolkata (Calcutta) in 1945, shortly before the urban expansion of West Bengal. 2. A Busy Calcutta Traffic Scene. 3. A Market place probably in Chowringhee, Calcutta. 4. A Railway Station Near Calcutta (Kolkata) -c1940's. 5.

May 7, 2013 · St. Thomas’ School, founded in the year 1789 for the English community of Calcutta is the oldest school in West Bengal and the second oldest in India. It traces it its direct antecedents back in 1729 as the Charity School.

People Waiting for Free Food at the Gate of Rajendra Mallick's Marble Palace. Free Meal has been handing out for about 125 Years to Generations to Homeless and Hungry Pavement Dwellers - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1974. Ships on the Hooghly. Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century. Statue of Sir W. Cavendish Bentinck. Calcutta (Kolkata) - Mid 19th Century.

Kolkata, [a] also known as Calcutta [b] (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh.It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. [16] Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India with an …

Sep 29, 2022 · One more common suffix in these old place names is ‘bagan’. Before the pressure of a rapidly growing population made land a premium commodity in Calcutta, wealthy citizens would build large homes for themselves, with a spacious ‘bagan’ or …