Oh Kolkata!
Since declaring its independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 after years of colonial rule, a number of India’s biggest cities have undergone name changes as their states underwent reorganization. Calcutta got its new name KOLKATA, Capital of West Bengal-India, is the union of the race, moment and milieu. In Jan 2001, the name was restored back to Kolkata from Calcutta. One belief is that it is derived from in the name Kalikata - one of three villages present in the area where the city is today before the British arrived. The name Kalikata itself is derived from the Hindu goddess Kali. The name could have also been derived from the Bengali word kilkila which means "flat area." There is also evidence that the name could have come from the words khal (natural canal) and katta (dug) which would have been present in older languages. Kolkata represents a reality which never believes in realizing itself into a settled monolith. As ceaseless innovation to achieve its ow...