[BITList] Inside China town in Kolkata

[John Feltham]

G'day Folks,


From a correspondent…


Inside China town in Kolkata

An iconic landmark popular for its affordable food. Immigrants from China and Indian-born people of Chinese ancestry have contributed a lot to the social and economic life of Kolkata, West Bengal. For several decades, the Chinese, who specialised in processing leather, had turned it into one of the major industries of West Bengal, providing employment to thousands of local inhabitants.

It has been said for the Chinese that wherever they go, they make a China town at that place. Kolkata has been no exception.

Over 250 years ago, more than 20,000 Chinese traveled to Kolkata from the provinces of Guangdong, Jiagxi and Fujiam, when the city was the capital of the British Empire in India.

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