Who founded Calcutta?
(A) John Surman
(C) Warren Hastings
(B) Vasco da Gama
(D) Job Charnock
Correct Answer : Job Charnock
Question Asked : Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006
The Chief of Kasim Bazar factory, Job Charnock had selected Sutanuti instead of Hooghly for the establishment of British trade centre and finally he founded Kolkata in the form of English colonies.
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