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The geographical location of Kolkata, where the city now exists with a metropolitan population of over 15 million, was once on the verge of the continental margin and was also neighbouring the proto-ocean of the Bay of Bengal (BoB). As a consequence, most part of the present Bangladesh territory was under ocean water during the geological past.
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