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KOLKATA- THE LAND OF ROYALTY AND ROYAL TIGERS

SOURCE - CLICK HERE TO VIEW KOLKATA- THE LAND OF ROYALTY AND ROYAL TIGERS When Bankim Chandra Chatterjee composed his famous song, "Bande Mataram", over a hundred years ago in 1882, he was in many ways epitomizing the beauty of Kolkata. Some things here are still eternal. Like the rich culture of the state that binds the population together through its unique unity in diversity. Like the matchless geographical variety it offers to visitors. Kolkata is home to many industrial units operated by large public- and private-sector corporations; major sectors include steel, heavy engineering, mining, minerals, cement, pharmaceuticals, food processing, agriculture, electronics, textiles, and jute. ITC Limited, Coal India Limited, and Britannia Industries rank among the companies headquartered in the city. Kolkata hosts the headquarters of three major public-sector banks: Allahabad Bank, UCO Bank, and the United Bank of India. FACTS & FIGURES  Area: 88,752 sq. k...