Example sentences for: calcutta

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

  • At the very least, the stance has helped keep the AIDS infection rate among Calcutta's prostitutes (going rate: 50 cents) at about 5 percent, compared to about 50 percent for those in Bombay.

  • Soon thereafter, Hall found himself a castaway at the mouth of the Ganges, and he chose to remain, first in Calcutta, where he became a journalist and teacher.

  • Indians applauded the decision of Lord Ripon to allow Indian magistrates to try British defendants in criminal cases, but attempts at social reform such as protecting child brides against rape by their husbands were fought by traditionalist Hindus from Calcutta and Pune with cries of “religion in danger. ”

  • Having recently returned from Calcutta, where the extent of the poverty was almost inconceivable to me, I now have even less sympathy for pathetic preppies who have to beat up each other to feel authentic.

  • Mahatma Gandhi immediately rushed from Calcutta to Delhi to defend Muslims against further slaughter.


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