Kolkata : The City of JOY

Here's a presentation to make you fall in love with the city of joy that is, Kolkata. This educational show includes everything right from the Botanical gardens to delicious Rosagullas!! Kolkata lovers will surely love this!!!

1. কলকাতা SHOURYA SHRIVASTAVA VIII ‘D’ ROLL NO.32 KOLKATA

2. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” INTRODUCTION An unknown village having its grand history begin in the late 17 th Century with the arrival of the English East India Company. Since then, it has seen everything from being crowned as the royal capital of the British Raj to heighted buildings that touch skies. This joyous land is known to give rise to great souls like Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa, Amartya Sen and Amitabh Bachchan. With great stories to tell, this city is in its right place as the c ultural capital of India.

3. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” LOCATION Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal, with its location in the east sharing borders with Bangladesh. It has spread linearly along the banks of the Hooghly River. The whole area is in the Ganges Delta and is monotonously plain.

4. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” LANGUAGE: BENGALI Bangla is the second most spoken language in India. With about 250 million native and about 300 million total speakers worldwide, it is the seventh most spoken language in the world by total number of native speakers and the tenth most spoken language by total number of speakers. The importance of this language to the countries of South Asia is illustrated by the history of the national anthems of Bangladesh and India and the national song of India, all first composed in the Bengali language. It has also been named as “The Sweetest Language Ever Spoken”.

5. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” WEATHER Kolkata has a Tropical wet-and-dry climate. The annual mean temperature is around 25 ° C. Summers are hot and humid with temperatures in the low 30's and during dry spells the maximum temperatures often exceed 40 °C (104 °F) during May and June. Winter tends to last for only about two and a half months, with seasonal lows dipping to 9 °C . The highest recorded temperature is 44 ° C and the lowest is 3 °C. Often during early summers, dusty squalls followed by spells of thunderstorm and heavy rains lash the city, bringing relief from the humid heat.

6. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” LITERATURE Kolkata has also been the pioneer city in Indian renaissance. It has long been known for its literary, artistic and revolutionary heritage. As the former capital of India, not only Kolkata, but West Bengal was the birthplace of modern Indian literary, artistic and scholastic thought. Bengalis tend to have a special appreciation for art and literature; its tradition of welcoming new talent has made it a "city of furious creative energy".

7. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” ENTERTAINMENT Kolkata has many entertaining things to offer to everyone coming there. One can see fountains dancing to the musical beats at the historical Victoria Memorial Garden or visit the Science City. Nicco park, popularly known as the Disneyland of Kolkata, offers much pleasure to the guests. One can boat in the salt water lake or have a look at India’s Largest, the Pray ag Film city. Readers can peacefully read in the National Library or the American Library. The Indian Museum is a great place for anyone wanting to learn about history.

8. KOLKATA “MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS”

9. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” VICTORIA MEMORIAL “A building stately, spacious, monumental and grand, to which every newcomer in Kolkata will turn, to which all the resident population, European and Native, will flock, where all classes will learn the lessons of history, and see revived before they eye the marvels of the past.“ This is what Lord Curzon said while planning to build this great Memorial for Queen Victoria. This is now a museum and tourist destination under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. The Memorial lies on the banks of the Hooghly River.

10. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” HOWRAH BRIDGE (RABINDRA SETU) Weathering the storms of the Bay of Bengal region, carrying a daily traffic of approximately 100,000 vehicles and possibly more than 150,000 pedestrians, easily making it the busiest cantilever bridge in the world.  The third-longest cantilever bridge at the time of its construction, the Howrah Bridge is currently the sixth-longest bridge of its type in the world.

11. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” EDEN GARDENS CRICKET STADIUM Eden Gardens  is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India. It is the home of the Bengal cricket team and the  IPL'sKolkata Knight Riders. With a seating capacity of 66,000, it is thelargest cricket stadium in India, and the second-largest cricket stadium in the world behind the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Eden Gardens has been called “Cricket's Answer to The  Colosseum " and is widely acknowledged to be one of the most iconic cricket stadiums in the world. t

12. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” TRAMS The Kolkata tram is a tram system run by the Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC). It is currently the only operating tram network in India and the oldest operating electric tram in Asia, running since 1902. Apart from serving the people of Kolkata, this also serves as an attraction for the tourists .

13. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” PRAYAG FILM CITY A one stop destination for a film maker where he can walk in with a script and walk out with a film, This film city is India’s largest one replacing the Ramoji Film City of Hyderabad.

14. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” INDIAN MUSEUM The history of the origin and the growth of the Indian Museum is one of the remarkable events towards the development of heritage and culture of India.   Founded in 1814 at the cradle of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Asia-Pacific region of the world.

15. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” DURGA POOJA Durga Puja is the most glamourous and most popular festival in Kolkata. No other Indian city celebrates Durga Puja as enthusiastically as Kolkata. In Kolkata and its suburbs more than 4000  pandals  are set up, all clamouring for the admiration and praise of the populace. The city is adorned with lights and the vibrant nightlife is the most exciting thing to experience during the Puja . Streets, alleys, parks, houses and trees glitter with fairy lights. People from all over the country visit the city at this time, and every night is one mad carnival where thousands of people go ' pandal -hopping' with their friends, relatives and family. Thousands of temporary food-stalls which cater to massive crowds are installed on pavements and roadsides. Traffic comes to a standstill, and indeed, most people abandon their vehicles to travel by foot after a point. A special task force is deployed by Kolkata Police to control law and order.

16. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” CUISINE Kolkata is the king of street food in India, with a mishmash of stalls selling all variety of street snacks and dishes, including traditional fare like  puchkas  (fried sphere crisps with tamarind water dipping sauces),  jhal muris  (seasoned rice puffs) and singaras ( samosas ) as well as street eats derived from other regional cuisines and abroad. Its best lies in traditional Bengali dishes, especially sweets like Roshagulla and Chomchom .

17. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” ROSHOGOLLA When you think of Kolkata, you surely think of  “ Roshogollas ”., the white delicacies counted in the best gifts given by Bengalis to India.  But less of us know there was a man who was called  “Father of Roshogolla ”. His name was Sri Nobin Chandra Das, a tiny confectionercoming from a family of sugar merchants. One fine morning, a wealthy merchant came to his shop and asked for a glass of water. Nobin , in his true Kolkata hospitality style, offered him  roshogollas  along with it. The merchant immediately bought a large quantity for his family and friends. Nobin Chandra and his roshogollas  became famous in no time.

18. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” METRO TALES The city of Kolkata has many tales to tell with majority of them related to the metro . One of them goes like this.... The metro reached Rabindra Sarobar station. Like any other public transport, whoever has to get down at the next stop, stands near the gate from the previous station. So when an old man sitting in the seat stood up, the young man near the gate moved a little to let him go near the gate. At the next station, the old man did not get out. The young man asked him why he stood up. He pointed to a young woman carrying a newborn baby sitting in the same place where he had sat. The old man got out of the metro eight stations later.

19. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” BOTANICAL GARDENS Botanical gardens of Kolkata situated 8 kms away from the city, on the west bank of the Hooghly river, covering an area of about 273 acres. Laid out in the year 1787, Kolkata botanical garden is one of the oldest and largest botanical gardens of India. It contains about 12,000 living perennial plants and millions of dried out plants gathered from world over. The main attraction of the botanical gardens is the giant size banyan tree that is said to have the second largest canopy in the world. Over here, you can find a plethora of beautiful orchids and other colourful flowers. The garden also has a library, where you can find a valuable collection of books on botany. The botanical garden of Kolkata houses trees of rarest variety.

20. KOLKATA “THE CITY OF JOY” NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS Kolkata is also home to world renowned Nobel Prize winners in various fields. In the year 1902, Sir Ronald Ross received the Nobel Prize for his contribution in the field of Medicine. He was also the first citizen of Kolkata to receive this prestigious award. The year 1913 was truly a year of pride for Asians, Indians and Calcuttans as Shri Rabindranath Tagore was awarded this award for his work in the field of Literature. He was the first Asian and Indian to whom this award was conferred to. In 1930 Dr. C.V. Raman was awarded with the Nobel Prize for his contribution in the field of Physics. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize in the year1979. Lastly, in the year 1998, Dr. Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution in the subject of Economics.