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Calcutta Travel Guide

Once the centre of modern education, science, culture and politics in India, Calcutta witnessed economic rejuvenation that has led to a spurt in the city's growth in the last 10 years. Calcutta is the main business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India.

About Calcutta

Calcutta covers an area of 571 sq. miles (1480 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 4.9 million people being the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration and the fourth-largest city in India.

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Marble Palace

Up a back street, in what was once known as Black Town, stands a vast mansion — a wonder to behold — sporting a plush Romanesque veneer that incorporates at least 90 different varieties of marble. Built in 1835 by the wealthy zamindar (landowner) Raja Rajendra Mullick Bahadur, this palatial family home has seen better days, and is now the center of a bitter feud between relatives, some of whom have been accused of sneaking off with the more valuable displays. But several works attributed to Titian and Renoir remain, while Venetian chandeliers; Ming vases; Egyptian statuary; and paintings, sculptures, furniture, and antique vases accumulated from 90 countries crowd the enormous, dimly lit rooms that open off deep verandas around an inner courtyard. Get there soon, since the feuding of the Mullicks makes it uncertain which prized item might next disappear.



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