Delhi - Worlds Biggest Cities
Delhi is the second largest metropolis of India, with a population of 17 million,[4] and a federally-administered union territory officially known as the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).
Located on the banks of river Yamuna in northern India, archaeological evidence suggest that Delhi has been continuously inhabited since at least 6th [...]
Chennai - Worlds Biggest Cities
Chennai formerly known as Madras (help·info), is the fourth largest metropolitan area of India and the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, Chennai had a population of 4.2 million in the 2001 census within its municipal corporation.[2] The [...]
Mumbai - Worlds Biggest Cities
Mumbai formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial capital of India. With an estimated population of thirteen million, it is the most populous city in India and the second most populous city in the world.[1] Along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and [...]
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Climate
Main article: Climate of Kolkata
Monsoon clouds over Howrah Bridge.
Monsoon clouds over Howrah Bridge.
Kolkata has a tropical wet-and-dry climate (Koppen climate classification Aw). The annual mean temperature is 26.8 °C (80.2 °F); monthly mean temperatures range from 19 °C (66.2 °F) to 30 °C (86.0 °F).[35] Summers are hot and humid with temperatures [...]
Calcutta - Worlds Biggest Cities
The discovery of the nearby Chandraketugarh,[5] an archaeological site, provides evidence that the area has been inhabited for over two millennia.[6] The city’s documented history, however, begins with the arrival of the British East India Company in 1690, when the Company was consolidating its trade business in Bengal. Job Charnock, an [...]