Independence Day 2022: Why did the British initially select Kolkata as their capital?

Independence Day 2022: India on Monday, August 15, celebrated its 76th Independence Day.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday, said that the completion of 75 years of Independence was a time to step towards a new direction with a new resolve. As India as a whole grows leaps and bounds, there are certain things from 200 years of our oppressive British rule that we should remember.

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