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Capital of West Bengal, India
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern India and one of the gateways to northeastern India. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million.
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Hindus are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Historically, Hindu has been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent.
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Many more have been injured at an event in the Indian city of Kolkata to mark a Hindu festival.
NEW DELHI (AP) — A stampede during a major Hindu festival in eastern India’s West Bengal state has left at least 19 people dead, officials said Sunday.
India festival stampede kills at least 19 A stampede at a Hindu festival in Kolkata killed at least 19 people and injured 25 others after sudden rain sparked a crush among crowds waiting outside a...