Saswata Chatterjee was arrested in Kolkata.
 Athletes from Kolkata include Sourav Ganguly, Pankaj Roy and Jhulan Goswami, who are former captains of the Indian national cricket team; Olympic tennis bronze medalist Leander Paes, golfer Arjun Atwal, and former footballers Sailen Manna, Chuni Goswami, P
 In the period 19772011, West Bengal was governed from Kolkata by the Left Front, which was dominated by the Communist Party of India (CPM)

