Calcutta/ Kolkata #2

How well do you know this city?
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Complete the trio: Padatik | Interview
Calcutta 71
Sherbet shop near College Square (est. 1918)
Paramount
Famous nightclub that shut down in 1977
Firpo's
Founder of Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (est. 1901)
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy
A colonial administrator, led the project for excavating the Rabindra Sarobar in the 1920s
Cecil Henry Bompass
Former name of the Indian Coffee House
Albert Hall
The maker of the sedan that Subhash Chandra Bose used for escaping house arrest in 1941
Wanderer
Famous fictional writer who owns a green ambassador
Lalmohan Ganguly (Jatayu)
A museum dedicated to dolls from around the world
Nehru Children's Museum
Single screen theatre near Deshapriya Park. Associated with this theatre was a production house that produced films such as Pratidwandi (1970) and Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969)
Priya Cinema | Priya Entertainment
Restaurant famous for serving an Iranian dish, Chelow Kabab
Peter Cat
A temple dedicated to this Goddess is located in Cossipore, where human sacrifices were made to appease the goddess until the 18th century
Chitteshwari
Author of the 1985 novel, 'The City of Joy'
Dominique Lapierre
Nikhil Sarkar, who wrote a popular account of the city's history in Bengali, is also referred to more commonly by his pen name, which is-
Sripantha
Author known for his humorous short stories, and used Parashuram as a pseudonym
Rajsekhar Basu
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