Gobindapur

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'Gobindapur was one of the three villages which were merged to form the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India. The other two villages were Kalikata and Sutanuti. Job Charnock, an administrator with the British East India Company is traditionally credited with the honor of founding the city. He settled in the village of Sutanuti.

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