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Village in West Bengal, India
Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Falta (ফলতা Phaltā) is a riverside town in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. It was originally a Dutch settlement, then a British retreat when Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah captured Calcutta (Kolkata). Now, Falta is one of the many riverside picnic spots in South 24 Parganas.
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Home to a small botanical garden, where J. C. Bose used to experiment on plant resonance. Needs permission from the authority to enter the garden.
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