[DOC] [TLE] Hooghly River - Wikipedia [PAR] The Hooghly River (Bengali:  ) or the Bhgirathi-Hooghly, called 'Ganga' 
traditionally, ... One new port will be built in the deep sea to reduce the load on 
Calcutta port. Despite being polluted, the fish ... The Hooghly river valley was the 
most important industrial area of the state of Bengal. Due to declining jute 
industry,... [DOC] [TLE] Hooghly district - Wikipedia [PAR] Hooghly district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can 
alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly 
River. ... In those days the Hooghly River was the main route for transportation 
and Hooghly ... in the Bengal province shifted from the town of Hooghly to 
Calcutta. [DOC] [TLE] why river ganga is known as hooghly in kolkatta? | Yahoo Answers [PAR] Mar 11, 2007 ... Best Answer: One of the distributory of River Ganga is called by its ... Ganges 
River, providing access to Calcutta from the Bay of Bengal. ... The Hooghly river 
is th e largest distributary of the Ganges and ... The answer is till the 12th century, 
the Hooghly branch used to be the main flow of the Ganges and the... [DOC] [TLE] Why is the Hooghly branch rather than the main branch of the ... [PAR] This is because in Bengal Hoogly has always been called Ganga. In Calcutta it is 
still referred ... In the Puranas this is the branch which is referred to as the one 
that was brought by ... Even before the partition people living in East Bengal by 
the Padma would come to West Bengal to collect Gangajal from the Hoogly river. [DOC] [TLE] Calcutta, India : Image of the Day - NASA Earth Observatory [PAR] Feb 10, 2003 ... The largest city in India, and one of the ten largest in the world, ... rather than 
sediment-laden like the Hooghly River and the other branches of... [DOC] [TLE] The HOOGHLY - QUIVIS [PAR] Life of Arthur David Linklater - background on the Hooghly River. ... is an 
approximately 160 mile long distributary1 of the Ganges from which it splits as a 
... Calcutta was the capital of British India until 1912 and the second largest city in 
the whole of ... A Distributary branches off and flows away from the main river, 
whereas a... [DOC] [TLE] Bengal Pilot Service - FIBIwiki [PAR] Oct 7, 2015 ... ... guiding shipping along the Hooghly River between Calcutta and the Bay of 
Bengal ... 1 Introduction; 2 History of the Bengal Pilot Service; 3 Composition of 
the Pilot ... The Percy-Smith Collection is not held in the main Caird Library of the 
.... Appendix A comprises a list of serving Branch Pilots (1847-1888)... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Howrah" - Internet Archive [PAR] HivRB The chief rivers are (1) the Hooghly and its branch the 8T8TEM. ... 
Proceeding from Howrah Bridge, the deep channel runs on the Calcutta side in 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Calcutta's Industrial Ambitions Clash with Tradition : NPR [PAR] Apr 5, 2007 ... One of its branches carves a path through the heart of Calcutta, one of .... We are 
on one of the mightiest of those branches: the Hooghly River. ... the reception 
area, which leads down to the gangway and the main entrance. [DOC] [TLE] Nixal - Kolkata [PAR] The largest metropolis in India, Calcutta is a vibrant city on the move, volatile .... It 
is one of three bridges on the river Hooghly and is the most famous symbol of not 
... the Dhakis, using huge powerful drums made of a hollow mango tree branch... [DOC] [TLE] Kalarte. India tour. West Bengal [PAR] Bishnupur is famous for its terracotta temples. ... is a town just north of Calcutta, 
along the Hooghly River (a branch of the Ganges). ... six in a row. Here is one of 
the sets. ... This is a view of the River Ganges (Hooghly branch) at the Panchavati
. [DOC] [TLE] Hugli (Hooghly) River (NE India) - Sea-Seek [PAR] The strength of the tidal current varies in

Question: Calcutta's main river, the Hooghly, is a branch of this one
Answer: Ganges