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14 avril 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifp.5356
- eisbn: 9791036549779
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Bireswar Banerjee, « 12. Future of Calcutta Metropolis », Institut Français de Pondichéry, ID : 10.4000/books.ifp.5356
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Perhaps no other city in India has received so many epithets as those earned by Calcutta. During the early days of its growth Clive described it as the most wicked place in the universe. It was a city of dreadful night to Kipling. During the height of the British rule in India, Calcutta attained fame as a city of palaces. Quite often Calcutta is said to be the city of processions, of slums and of despair. It is said to be one of the filthiest cities of the world as well as one with tremendous...