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Kolkata’s Chinatown Takes Its Name From an Italian
Tiretta Bazaar, Kolkata’s historic Chinatown, takes its name from an eighteenth-century Italian immigrant. The neighborhood became associated with the city’s Chinese community, but its name reflects the story of an Italian who settled in Kolkata.
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