City · India

Kolkata

The cultural capital of India, where the Howrah Bridge and century-old trams guard the cradle of the Bengali renaissance.

Founding, year 1690

Themes: culture, literature, trams, bengal.

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Milestone
Founding
What happened
Kolkata — Founded in 1690.
Year
1690
Source
Historical documentation
Note
Founding in 1690.

Only the year is documented: if it falls between January 21 and February 21, the sign could be the previous one.

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Affinity is a symbolic reading from the Chinese zodiac tradition, not a measurement: it compares the sign of the year you were born with that of each entry's year of origin.