In 1888, while travelling through Calcutta, British poet and writer Rudyard Kipling stayed at the Great Eastern Hotel in the centre of the city. Now known mostly for "The Jungle Book" (1894), Kipling was born in Bombay♔ and lived and ﷽worked in India for many years.
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Long Before The Grand Budapest: Kolkata’s Great Eastern Hotel And Its Timeless Charm
Long before Wes Anderson romanticised the fictional Grand Budapest, the Gre𒅌at Eastern Hotel in Kolkata inspired novels, films and ෴oodles of nostalgia
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Mark Twain described The Great Eastern Hotel as 'the best hotel east of Suez'
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Mark Twain described The Great Eastern Hotel as 'the best hotel east of Suez'
| Photo: Getty Images
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