--- title: "The 78th session of Indian History Congress was inaugurated in which city?" description: "The 78th session of Indian History Congress was inaugurated in which city?" author: "Rohani Srivastava" published: 2018-03-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39690/the-78th-session-of-indian-history-congress-was-inaugurated-in-which-city category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # The 78th session of Indian History Congress was inaugurated in which city? The 78th [session](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12042/session-in-c-sharp) of [Indian](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2471/wazirx-received-828-requests-from-indian-international-law-enforcement-agencies) [History](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2422/in-testing-on-windows-the-whatsapp-desktop-call-history-tab-was-discovered) [Congress](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1298/the-us-will-release-chip-shortage-study-details-amid-funding-push) was inaugurated in which city? \ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya ![The 78th session of Indian History Congress was inaugurated in which city?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/937f9691-2327-4aee-b9f9-cb287c06c75c/images/e285e5b7-4830-4e4b-bd84-0549608aae3e.jpeg) The **78th Indian History Congress** was inaugurated in the city of **Kolkata, West Bengal**. The session was inaugurated at **Jadhavpur University** campus on **28th December 2017**. ![The 78th session of Indian History Congress was inaugurated in which city?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/937f9691-2327-4aee-b9f9-cb287c06c75c/images/4ea04fbd-190b-42cf-b291-8386fe39a76d.jpeg) The **three-day** long event had **six** sections. The 78th Indian History Congress had **Medieval India, Modern India, Ancient India, Archaeology India, Contemporary India** and **Countries other than India** as the six sections. Historians like **Irfan Habib** and **Romila Thapar** will be a part of this three-day long event. The **Chief Minister** of **West Bengal Mamata Banerjee** will also be a part of this event. The **main purpose** of the 78th Indian History Congress is to promote and encourage the study of Indian history, publishing journals and other related works. ![The 78th session of Indian History Congress was inaugurated in which city?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/937f9691-2327-4aee-b9f9-cb287c06c75c/images/db86b1af-64dd-4099-aee6-97f056fd7fec.jpeg) **Kolkata** also known as **Calcutta** is the **capital** city of the state of **West Bengal**. Kolkata is the **largest** city of the state and the **seventh largest city** in India. Until **1911** Kolkata (Calcutta) served as the **capital of India** under the **British rule**. In 1911 the capital was shifted to **New Delhi**. West Bengal is located in **eastern India** on the **Bay of Bengal**. The Indian state West Bengal shares its borders with the Indian states of **Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, Sikkim and Assam**. West Bengal shares its **international borders** with **Bangladesh** to the **east** and with **Nepal** and **Bhutan** to the **north**. Established on **26th January 1950**, the state includes the **Ganges delta, the coastal Sundarbans, Rarh region** and the most famous **Darjeeling Himalayan hill region**. ![The 78th session of Indian History Congress was inaugurated in which city?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/937f9691-2327-4aee-b9f9-cb287c06c75c/images/6d2a9141-6351-4b23-934d-274ef3abe134.png) (location of West Bengal on the map of India) West Bengal covers an **area** of **88,752 sq km (34,267 sq mi)**. As per the **2011 census** with a population of **91,347,736** people, West Bengal becomes the **fourth** most populous state of the country. The literacy rate of the state is **77.06%**. **Keshari Nath Tripathi** is the **Governor** of the state. **Bengali** is the official language of the state. ![The 78th session of Indian History Congress was inaugurated in which city?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/937f9691-2327-4aee-b9f9-cb287c06c75c/images/b2f77068-277e-478e-95d6-c30f61deb00d.jpeg) (map of West Bengal) \ \ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39690/the-78th-session-of-indian-history-congress-was-inaugurated-in-which-city Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.