Job Charnock founded Calcutta at the site of........

West Bengal History

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Job Charnock founded Calcutta at the site of

Sutanuti

Kalikata

Govindapur

All of the above

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Job Charnock's place in history as founder of Kolkata questioned. Job Charnock's place in history as the founder of Kolkata is being questioned. The city's origins are traced back to 1690 when Charnock supposedly bought the villages of Sutanuti, Gobindapur and Kalikata from Bengal subedar Azim Usman.