(1699- )
Largest city in India
Located in West Bengal
Adjacent to Bay of Bengal
Nickname: City of Joy
Renamed Kolkatta in 2001

Their subway train system consists of only one line!
Considering there is still a great amount of poverty in the city, their nickname 'City of Joy' may be an oxymoron.
Many of the popular tourist sites were built by the British.
Like most other major Indian cities, it has horrendous smog.
The traffic is congested.
The sewage runs above ground.
Like Bombay and Madras, the city changed its name to sound more Indian. However, no one in the outside world gives a damn.

Mother Teresa worked there.
It is the first Indian city to have a subway train system.
It is the only Indian city to have an engineered bridge.
The Patrick Swayze movie, 'City of Joy,' was filmed there.
It is considered the cultural center of India.
Nobel Laureates C.V. Raman, Amartya Sen, and Rabindranath Tagore all hail from there.
Novelist Vikram Seth and the late Oscar-winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray also come from Calcutta.
Actor Victor Banerjee ('Passage to India') is from there.
Musician Ravi Shankar also hails from Calcutta.
The first nude Broadway musical was 'Oh! Calcutta.'

Credit: Corrupt200

http://www.amiannoying.com/view.aspx?ID=12837

E-mail Link to Friend | Report updates or corrections for this profile

For 2009, as of last week, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 63.41% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 70 Votes: 74.29% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 104 Votes: 58.65% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 193 Votes: 65.28% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 59 Votes: 50.85% Annoying

• Corrupt200's Profiles
• Profiles 12751-13000 (Ranked: 12837)