[Albion Wilde]

I was surprised to learn that Kolkata is the city formerly known as Calcutta.

[Ray76]

Likewise.

[cgbg]

I didn’t know Calcutta is now Kolkata.

I wonder how much money the government wasted changing signs, stationery, whatever for the name change.

This is an interesting article: http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jul/22/suzannegoldenberg

Apparently almost no-one lived in the city before the British occupied the area—so the attempt to deny the city’s imperial roots is to deny its real history.

In short—political correctness run amok.