Kolkata (English: /kɒlˈkɑːtə/[16] or /kɒlˈkʌtə/,[17] Bengali: [kolˈkata] (listen); previously Calcutta /kælˈkʌtə/,[17] the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the city is approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh.