Complex sentence: Kolkata, then known as Calcutta, was the capital of British India from 1772 to 1911.also geographically the easiest accesible metropolitan area from China by land.The first person of Chinese origin to arrive in Calcutta is Yang Tai Chow who arrived in 1778.
Split into simpler sentences: Kolkata, then known as Calcutta, was the capital of British India from 1772 to 1911. It was also geographically the easiest accesible metropolitan area from China by land.The first person of Chinese origin to arrive in Calcutta was Yang Tai Chow who arrived in 1778.