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	This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on June 26, 2006.
Article milestones Date Process Result March 31, 2006 Good article nominee Listed April 6, 2006 Peer review Reviewed May 4, 2006 Featured article candidate Promoted March 29, 2012 Featured article review Kept October 13, 2019 Featured article review Demoted A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 23, 2004. The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that Kolkota, India is called the City of Palaces because of its abundance of European-style buildings? Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on October 5, 2004, and August 24, 2011. Current status: Former featured article

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Replace Eden Gardens picture with Kolkata Derby photo in Salt Lake Stadium that has more legacy in infobox images Ogambo obmagom (talk) 10:36, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it should happen

Very good topic Pritam Bawsir (talk) 02:48, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Under metro rankings, it is stated as 13th in Asia, but upon clicking the redirect link, it shows as 14th in the list. and 16th largest in the world but again the redirect link has it on 14th on the list. Can someone update it in correspondence with the connecting article. Thanks. Saptajit D (talk) 06:00, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update the photo of Kolkata in Google search Pritam Bawsir (talk) 02:39, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

dear Wikipedia editors I am a new one here I have found some facts about Kolkata city which is known oh referred is second London I have references and I can use it but I am not finding any kind of way to adding this delivery information to the readers of Wikipedia I would appreciate that if anyone of you can do this for else honoured to get the opportunity to use the fact because internet someone are using sylhet as second London and this is not true Antordutch (talk) 07:07, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kolkata also has nicknames of City of Sweets and City of museums. Also add a picture of Victoria Memorial in front. 103.218.237.10 (talk) 11:47, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. As for the picture, you would need to specify what picture should be added and ensure it is freely licensed for use on Wikipedia (see WP:IUP). Day Creature (talk) 16:40, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]