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. The two poems were written within four years of each other, while Jasim Uddin was still at Calcutta University, doing research under the famous Bengali scholar, Dr Dinesh Chandra Sen. Gipsy Wharf benefited from Dr Sen's comments as well,as those of the famous writer and painter Abanindra Nath Tagore. Jasim Uddin knows every fact of village life in Bengal and is partial to rural people. The heroes of his poems and stories are farmers, fishermen, boatmen, weavers, cowherds, even roadside ...

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Howrah Bridge is situated in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal in India. Its construction was started in 1939 and it was opened to the public in 1943.

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Kolkata (Calcutta) in West Bengal is well known for its streets. As in other cities in India the streets are busy in Kolkata from the early morning itself.

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Mahajati Sadan in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, is a fully air-conditioned theatre, in which exhibitions and cultural programs in the city are conducted. It was built in 1958.

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Babughat is a famous bus station in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India. Bus services on regular basis to different locations of Kolkata, are available from this bus terminal.

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Kali Ghat in Kolkata (Calcutta) is a popular pilgrim centre. A temple of Kali (the goddess), exists in this place. It was built in1809.

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Mother Teresa (Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) was a humanitarian, who lived her life to serve the poor, sick and orphaned people. Her chosen place for charity work was Kolkata in India.

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Dakshineswar is a place in the state of West Bengal, in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district. The place is famous for Dakshineswar Kali Temple.

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Bally is a municipal city in Howrah District in West Bengal. Bally is a suburb in Kolkata. It is located on the bank of River Hooghly and is across the river from Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Belur Math.

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Belur Math in West Bengal was founded by Swami Vivekananda, who was a chief disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. This famous math (monastery) was built in the year 1898.

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