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Job Charnock (/ dʒ oʊ b /; c. 1630 –1692/1693) was an English administrator with the East India Company. He is commonly regarded as the founder of the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata); however, this view is challenged, and in 2003 the Calcutta High Court declared that he ought not to be regarded as the founder. [1]
Job Charnock (died January 10, 1693, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India) was a controversial administrator in the British East India Company who is credited with establishing a British trading post at what is today Kolkata. Arriving in India in 1655/56, Charnock was stationed first at Cossimbazar, north of present-day Kolkata, and then at Patna, in ...
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The Calcutta High Court ruled in 2003 that Job Charnock, the Englishman generally believed to be the founder of the Calcutta, is not the founder of the city and that hence Kolkata has no birthday.
On August 24, 1686, Job Charnock, who was believed to be the founder of Calcutta first came to the village of Sutanuti as a representative of the British East India Company to establish a factory.
Calcutta was India’s Capital for a long time (until 1911) under the British Rule. It was the British East India Company administrator, Job Charnock who is chiefly regarded as the founder of this city. Charnock came to Cossimbazar in Murshidabad, in 1656 when the Mughals were still ruling and Murshidabad was the capital of Bengal.
Aug 24, 2023 · On August 24, 1690, Charnock arrived in Sutanuti village (present day north Kolkata) with a permission from the last Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb, to establish a factory in Bengal. Charnock had once been considered as the founder of Calcutta, and the city celebrated its birthday on August 24.
Jul 22, 2017 · For centuries, an Englishman Job Charnock, who lived in the 17th century CE was revered as the founder of Kolkata city. However, on 16th May 2003, the Calcutta High Court, ruled against giving one man credit for founding a whole city. Charnock’s name was removed from all official documents and purged from memory.
