Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Kolkata Port Trust (Bengali: কলকাতা বন্দর) is a riverine port in the city of Kolkata, India, located around 126 miles (203 km) from the sea. It is the oldest operating port in India, and was constructed by the British East India Company.The Port has two distinct dock systems - Kolkata Docks at Kolkata and a deep water dock at Haldia Dock Complex, Haldia.In the 19th century Kolkata Port was the premier port in British India. After independence its importance decreased because of factors including the Partition of Bengal (1947), reduction in size of the port hinterland and economic stagnation in eastern India.It has a vast hinterland comprising the entire Eastern India including West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, North East Hill States and the two landlocked neighbouring countries namely, Nepal and Bhutan. With the turn of the century the volume of throughput has again started increasing steadily.. }
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- Port_of_Kolkata abstract "The Kolkata Port Trust (Bengali: কলকাতা বন্দর) is a riverine port in the city of Kolkata, India, located around 126 miles (203 km) from the sea. It is the oldest operating port in India, and was constructed by the British East India Company.The Port has two distinct dock systems - Kolkata Docks at Kolkata and a deep water dock at Haldia Dock Complex, Haldia.In the 19th century Kolkata Port was the premier port in British India. After independence its importance decreased because of factors including the Partition of Bengal (1947), reduction in size of the port hinterland and economic stagnation in eastern India.It has a vast hinterland comprising the entire Eastern India including West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, North East Hill States and the two landlocked neighbouring countries namely, Nepal and Bhutan. With the turn of the century the volume of throughput has again started increasing steadily.".