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Fearing the Europeans would start carving up Bengal, the nawab (Muslim prince) Siraj-ud-daula set up an attack on the British settlement in Calcutta on the hot day of 20 June, 1756.
Henry D'Souza, archbishop of Calcutta, said a patient in West Bengal claimed that a tumor disappeared after he was blessed by Mother Teresa.
"Not everyone in Calcutta, or India for that matter, is unanimous in praising the nun, whose organization was able to raise millions of dollars worldwide but made virtually no significant changes in the social structure of this collapsing city's poor neighborhoods.
The most fervent atmosphere of all is at the Calcutta Cricket Club, founded in 1792, five years after the Marylebone Cricket Club in London.
If you don’t catch a major match, you may come across a competition in a Calcutta alley or a meadow in Kashmir.