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KOLKATA: How much real estate can you buy with Rs 1,300? Not much, we guess. But had it been a couple of centuries ago, Rs 1,300 could fetch you at least three villages. Sounds unbelievable? Once the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) opens the door to its digital archive, work on which is currently underway, you can check for yourself the original sale deed that shows the East India Company had paid exactly the same amount to 'buy' Sutanuti, Gobindapur and Kolkata.

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