Example sentences for: calcutta

How can you use “calcutta” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • His grandiose life in the viceregal residence in Calcutta or palace in Simla was worthy of the Mughal emperors.

  • Further north, the British gradually gained the upper hand over their rivals, now including the French, for the Bengali trade that was to create Calcutta.

  • An inquiry into Mother Teresa began in Calcutta, India, Monday, as Pope John Paul II opted to fast-track her canonization, waiving the five-year post-death waiting period.

  • The most fervent atmosphere of all is at the Calcutta Cricket Club, founded in 1792, five years after the Marylebone Cricket Club in London.

  • On the east coast, try Puri, south of Calcutta, or Pondicherry.


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