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The 21 pages that link to Calcutta, each with the reason it gives.

• William JonesRelated: Jones lived and worked in Calcutta while serving as a judge and scholar.

• HarmoniumRelated: Local makers adapted imported harmoniums for South Asian performance and domestic music.

• Partition of Bengal (1905)Related: Calcutta remained the capital of British India and the center of opposition in western Bengal.

• Partition of Bengal (1947)Related: Its retention by India influenced economic and transport considerations in the boundary process.

• Port of KolkataRelated: The port grew alongside the colonial city historically known as Calcutta.

• Ritwik GhatakRelated: The city’s refugee settlements and cultural life formed a recurring setting and context for his work.

• James PrinsepRelated: Prinsep lived and worked there, including at the Asiatic Society and the Calcutta Mint.

• Bimal RoyRelated: The city’s Bengali film industry was the setting for Roy’s early career.

• Raja Ram Mohan RoyRelated: The city was the center of Roy’s publishing, association-building, and public reform work.

• K. L. SaigalRelated: Saigal moved to Calcutta, where New Theatres gave him a major platform in films and recordings.

• Hrishikesh MukherjeeRelated: Mukherjee studied science and worked in education there before entering film editing.

• Mrinal SenRelated: Sen repeatedly made the city’s streets, class divisions, and political unrest central to his films.

• A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaRelated: Prabhupada was born and raised in this city.

• William Makepeace ThackerayRelated: Thackeray was born there in 1811, while his father worked for the East India Company.

• Radhanath SikdarRelated: Sikdar was born and educated in Calcutta, then a center of colonial institutions.

• Subrata MitraRelated: Mitra's professional life and Ray's filmmaking were rooted in Calcutta.