You know, once Calcutta was the capital of BritishIndia.
您知道吧,加尔各答曾经是英属印度的首都。
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The region was annexed by the British Empire and stayed part of BritishIndia until 1947.
这个地区由大不列颠帝国统治,在1947年成为英国人统治的印度的一部分。
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But BritishIndia, properly so called, only embraces seven hundred thousand square miles, and a population of from one hundred to one hundred and ten millions of inhabitants.