China Town in the eastern part of the city of Kolkata is the only China Town in India[1] The locality was once home to 20,000 ethnic Chinese, now the population has sunk to 2,000 or so. The traditional occupation of the Chinese communiry here had been working in the nearby tanning industry and the Chinese restaurants. The area is still nored for the Chinese restaurants where the people of Kolkata flock to taste the traditional Chinese food. Once there were many opium dens in the area which are now illegal in India. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (964x707, 187 KB) // Summary Description A little snooping in Chinatown will turn up the little opium dens stuck down an alley (not recom- mended without police escort). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (964x707, 187 KB) // Summary Description A little snooping in Chinatown will turn up the little opium dens stuck down an alley (not recom- mended without police escort). ... Kolkata (Bangla: কলকাতা; formerly known as Calcutta) is the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... New York City is home to one of the largest Chinatowns in North America, and is centered around Canal Street in the borough of Manhattan. ... Tanning is the process of making leather from skin. ... Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ...
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