One speech given in this city was called the Third Anniversary Discourse and proposed the existence of a common ancestor for Greek and Latin.
One speech given in this city was called the Third Anniversary Discourse and proposed the existence of a common ancestor for Greek and Latin. This city traces its origins back to a trading post founded by Job Charnock, but this city's high court has ruled that he was not the true founder. Sir William Jones founded the Asiatic Society in this city with the support of (*) Warren Hastings. John Z. Holwell gave an account of how the last European defenders of this city were captured by the nawab Siraj al-Dawlah and forced into an overcrowded jail in this city's Fort William. For 10 points, name this first capital of British India, which was home to a namesake 'Black Hole' and is now the capital of West Bengal.
One speech given in this city was called the Third Anniversary Discourse and proposed the existence of a common ancestor for Greek and Latin.
Calcutta [or Kolkata]