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World: Asia: India: Calcutta
Capital of British India and of Bengal. Located on a branch of the Ganges, pop. 949,144 [1901]. [JT]SPEC: Grimesby Roylott obtained his medical degree and "went out to Calcutta, where, by his professional skill and his force of character, he established a large practice."
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Calcutta - thatched-roofed boat in foreground; bathers and cows in background.
Notes: William Henry Jackson, photographer, 1895.
Last Modified: Sept. 20, 1997
