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He had resolved to follow the supposed robber to Calcutta, and farther, if necessary. (source)Calcutta = Old name (prior to 2001) for Kolkata; most influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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Gold-stitched tapestries, which Baba had bought in Calcutta, lined the walls; a crystal chandelier hung from the vaulted ceiling.† (source)
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That's not Italy they have upstairs, that's Calcutta.† (source)
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Beware if you go to Calcutta, my good sirs: if you have sushi on the breath you may pay a high price!† (source)
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Thus traffickers instead began shipping young flesh to Kolkata, where they could get a better price.† (source)Kolkata = previously called Calcutta; influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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For most of them I might as well have been living in the Black Hole of Calcutta.† (source)Calcutta = Old name (prior to 2001) for Kolkata; most influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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Pappachi agreed to let her spend the summer with a distant aunt who lived in Calcutta.† (source)Calcutta = Old name (prior to 2001) for Kolkata; most influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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Sonagachi, which means "golden tree," is a sprawling red-light district in Kolkata.† (source)Kolkata = previously called Calcutta; influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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Rumor had it that the bar was named after a section of an Old Earth city-some said Chicago, USA, others were sure it was Calcutta, AIS-but only Stan Leweski, owner and great-grandson of the founder, knew for sure, and Stan had never revealed its secret.† (source)Calcutta = Old name (prior to 2001) for Kolkata; most influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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But I hated everything else about being in Kolkata.† (source)Kolkata = previously called Calcutta; influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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Mr. Ayers would have to walk through this Calcutta each time he goes from his apartment to the studio, and I know he'll have plenty to say about it.† (source)Calcutta = Old name (prior to 2001) for Kolkata; most influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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Apne Aap whisked Naina off to a hospital in Kolkata, where she was treated for severe injuries and a morphine addiction.† (source)Kolkata = previously called Calcutta; influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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It will be Gogol and Sonia's first journey outside of Calcutta, their first time on an Indian train.† (source)Calcutta = Old name (prior to 2001) for Kolkata; most influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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Mumbai's brothels historically were worse than Kolkata's, and they are famous for the "cage girls" who were held behind bars in brothels.† (source)Kolkata = previously called Calcutta; influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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According to the most plausible version of what transpired, a clerk rushed into the chambers of Sir Andrew Waugh, India's surveyor general, and exclaimed that a Bengali computer named Radhanath Sikhdar, working out of the Survey's Calcutta bureau, had "discovered the highest mountain in the world."† (source)Calcutta = Old name (prior to 2001) for Kolkata; most influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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But we heard contrary views from women with long experience fighting trafficking in the red-light districts of Kolkata.† (source)Kolkata = previously called Calcutta; influential city in East India; known for severe poverty, political activism, and cultural influence
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