It is spread linearly
Along the banks of the River Hooghly / Ganga in a north south direction following the riverside alignment, near the Bay of Bengal. Much of the city was originally a vast wetland, reclaimed over the" decades to accommodate the city's burgeoning population.
The city of joy Kolkata is not only a place of heart and culture but its uniqueness has attracted National and International societies and people for which it repeatedly merged as a capital of India and the controlling area at National level. The British realized it the appropriate point for harvesting business and administrative opportunities. Eventually, the great scientific personalities like Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, Acharya Prafulla Chandra, Scientist Meghnath Saha, Scientist Satyendra Nath Bose (Bose Einstein theory), and Noble Laureate C. V. Raman all were happy to brighten the scientific history of this city at National and International domain.
Calcutta has given to the world intellectuals and thinkers like the great social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the Saint Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa Dev, the ascetic Swami Vivekananda, the great poet Rabindranath Tagore, freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. And it is the home for Mother Teresa. Almost all Nobel Prize winners from India have been associated with this city in some way or other. It is known as the City of Joy.
This state is still experimenting various socio political issues with its raised up intellect and mass awareness and getting rapidly rich with recent development and growth.
The ISSICON 2011 would be a realistic event in connection with the upcoming developmental revolution in the running year.
