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The main offices of the West Bengal Government are located in Kolkata.

The Governor, the Chief Minister, other ministers and government officers
live and work in Kolkata. The public services are looked after by the

Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Men and women in Kolkata like to wear simple cotton clothes. Men

generally wear dhoti-kurta and women like to wear sarees.

The people of West Bengal are very

fond of singing, dancing, painting and
sports. Rabindra Sangeet is very popular.

Rabindranath Tagore was born at Jorasanko,
Calcutta. Cricket and football are the most

popular games in Kolkata. The main food
is rice and fish. Sweets like rasogulla and

sandesh are popular.
The Jorasanko Thakur Bari
Durga Puja is the most important festival in

Kolkata. Very big pandals are erected in the
different parts of the city to worship the idol
of Durga. Other main festivals celebrated in

the city are Christmas, Eid and Kali Puja.

Kolkata is the most important industrial city

in eastern India. The main industries in and

around the city are jute mills, cotton and Durga Puja
silk textiles, paper mills, tea packing, rubber,
chemicals, automobiles, machines, rice mills, electrical goods, leather

goods and food processing.

Kolkata was the first city in India to have the underground Metro railway

system. Trams and buses are also widely used as means of local transport.
Kolkata is connected to all other cities of India and the major cities of

the world through airways. The airport of Kolkata is now named after
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. It was earlier called Dum Dum airport.

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