On the 333rd anniversary of Job Charnock landing in Sutanuti, a look back at the life and times of the man and the rock named after him Job Charnock’s mausoleum in Kolkata was built with stones ...

KOLKATA: In a judgment on Friday, the Calcutta high court directed the state government to follow an expert committee report which said it was difficult to pinpoint the city’s exact date of birth and ...

The founder of Calcutta (now Kolkata), Job Charnock, the chief of Patna factory in 1664, had married a Hindu widow of Patna. PATNA: The founder of Calcutta (now Kolkata), Job Charnock, the chief of ...

If only Job Charnock was prescient enough to know that some three hundred years after his death a thriller would be written based on what he had supposedly done, and that, in 2003, the Calcutta High ...

On his first visit to the city, John caught a glimpse of Kolkata’s colonial history and, of course, his ancestor’s legacy A major takeaway for John Charnock was the reality of the East India Company’s ...

As far as colonial-era monuments go, St. John’s Church in Kolkata is by far the richest in terms of history. In its compound lie buried several figures who landscaped the colonial era, and a mere walk ...

Job Charnock has been stripped of his status as the founder of Calcutta after an Indian court ruled that the city most redolent of the Raj was not, after all, established by the Englishman. The High ...

In a historic verdict, the Calcutta high court on Friday said British trader Job Charnock was not Kolkata's founder. Chief Justice A K Mathur and Justice Jayanta Kumar Biswas directed the West Bengal ...

“This day at Sankraul,” wrote Job Charnock, “ordered Capt. Brooke to come up with his Vessell to Chutanutte where We arrived about noon, but found ye place in a deplorable condition, nothing being ...