It is interesting to explore the origin & history of kolkata, the capital of British India. Calcutta history is not that old as that of Delhi. Calcutta, the city of joy was established in the year 1686, as a result of the expansion plans of the British Raj. It was during those times that European powers were heading their way towards capturing the small villages of Sutanati, Govindpur, and Kalikata. Calcutta derived its name from the last of the village settlements of kalikata. Read on to know the brief history of Calcutta India
Archaeological evidence from the ruins of Chandraketugarh suggests that the area around Kolkata was home to a thriving and sophisticated civilisation around 2000 years ago. By the time the British arrived in 1686 there were just small villages, strung out along the banks of the Hooghly and overseen by wealthy Bengali landowners. The first British trading depot was established in Hooghly, 38km (23mi) upriver from modern-day Kolkata, but in 1686, Job Charnock shifted operations downriver to the villages of Sutanuti, Gobindapur and Kalikata, setting the foundation for the city that would one day become the capital of British India. Despite the post's initial lack of success, a fort was laid out near present-day BBD Bagh (Dalhousie Square) and in 1698, the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb's grandson gave the British officials permission to occupy the villages.
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