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Bhagirathi

Kolkata must reclaim its place

More than three hundred years ago Kolkata was promoted by a band of adventurous British traders with a vision to make it a competitive business centre on the eastern bank of the Bhagirathi.

Rivers of despair

James Rennell, an Englishman, prepared a Bengal Atlas, which was dedicated to Lord Clive in 1780. The map shows the…

The turgid river

The Ganga originates in the glacial peaks of Gangotri and flows to a point below Farakka, where it bifurcates. The…