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INDIA - WEST
BENGAL - KOLKATA |
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General |
- January 02, 1757: This city
of India was captured by the United Kingdom on this day.
- January 01, 2001: The city
of Calcutta, the capital of West bengal, was renamed as
KOLKATA on this day.
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Kolkata University |
- In India it is recognized as a "Five-Star University"
and a "Centre with Potential for Excellence" by the
University Grants Commission and the National Assessment and
Accreditation Council.
- Nobel laureates like Ronald Ross, Rabindranath Tagore,
C. V. Raman and Amartya Sen had been associated with this
university.
- The university has the highest number of students who
have cleared the doctoral entrance eligibility exam in
Natural Science & Arts conducted by Government of India's
National Eligibility Test to become eligible to pursue
research with full scholarship awarded by the Government of
India.
- January 24, 1857: The
University of Calcutta is formally founded on this day as
the first full-fledged Western style university in south
Asia.
- January 30, 1858: On this
day, the Syndicate of the Calcutta University started
functioning.
- July 28, 1879:
ELECTRIC LIGHTING - This day marked the first public
demonstration of the electric lights in Calcutta, India.
- 2001: The university was
awarded the status of a ‘five star university’ by the
National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
- December 08, 2005: The
Indian University Grants Commission declared Calcutta
University as a ‘‘University with Potential for
Excellence’’.
- January 05, 2010: The
National Assessment and Accreditation Council awarded its
highest grade of 'A' to the university.
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Birla Planetarium |
July 02, 1963: Inaugurated on this day:
- Popularly
known as taramandal, the planetarium was inaugurated on this
day by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.
- it is the largest planetarium in Asia and the second
largest planetarium in the world.
- There are two other Birla Planetariums in India: B.M.
Birla Planetarium in Chennai and the Birla Planetarium in
Hyderabad.
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Kolkata Metro Rail |
- October 24, 1984: Kokata Metro Rail:
Partially Started on this day:
- The Kolkata Metro or Calcutta Metro is a metro rail
system serving the city of Kolkata and the districts of
South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas in the Indian state
of West Bengal.
- It is the first Underground metro railway system in
India.
- The network consists of one operational line (Line 1)
and one under construction (Line 2), with four further lines
in various stages of planning.
- It was the first such form of transport in India,
opening for commercial services in 1984.
- It is the 17th zone of the Indian Railways system.
- Partial commissioning of this Indian first underground
mass rapid transport system was done on this day.
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