It is believed that Kalikata was the ancient name of the city and was derived from the Bengali word 'Kalikshetra', which means . . In 2002. Indian government Calcutta to Kolkata.the spot unhealthy. before the coming of the three local villages
the East India Company started their, the founder of Calcutta, Job who started his career in the and became the governor of Bengal in 1687, was to a council of the directors based in . His efforts to get a for the in turned into gold later. Robert Clive. 
m the sea was not threatened, as it was at the port. The river was also wide and deep; the only disadvantage was that the to the and swamps the area made —Kalikata, and which were later to —had been chosen as to settle by Indian merchants who had migrated from the silted-up.There is also derives its name from the l settlement on the bank . The gave the city, the name which is an version of the Bengali
