Chinatown in the eastern part of the city of Kolkata is the only Chinatown in India.[1][2] The locality was once home to 20,000 ethnic Chinese, now the population has dropped to 2,000 or so. The traditional occupation of the Chinese community here had been working in the nearby tanning industry and the Chinese restaurants. The area is still noted for the Chinese restaurants where many people flock to taste traditional Chinese and Indian 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). ... (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... The gate to Montreals Chinatown which has Chinese, Japanese and Korean restaurants inside the complex. ... Tanning is the process of conversion of putrescible skin into non putrescible leather. ... Indian Chinese cuisine is the adaptation of Chinese seasoning and cooking techniques to South Asian tastes. ... Opium, or opïum is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ...
The Chinese of Calcutta celebrating the Lunar New Year in Chinatown. ... Tangra is a district in north-west Kolkata that traditionally housed a large number of tanneries. ... Indian Chinese cuisine is the adaptation of Chinese seasoning and cooking techniques to South Asian tastes. ...
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