Hugli-Chinsurah Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city and a municipality in West Bengal, India
About Hugli-Chinsurah
Hugli-Chinsurah (হুগলি-চুঁচুড়া,HOOG-lih CHOO-choo-rrah) is actually an amalgamation of the three port towns of Bandel, Hooghly and Chinsurah. Bandel and Hooghly were Portuguese colonies from 1580 to 1629, while Chinsurah was a Dutch colony from 1626 to 1825. Unfortunately, except Bandel Church and Dutch cemetery, nothing much of non-British colonial legacy remains in these towns. In 1536, Portuguese traders obtained a permit from Bengali Sultan Mahmud Shah to trade in this area. In 1579,Mughal EmperorAkbar gave permission to Portuguese captain Pedro Tavares to establish a city anywhere in Bengal. They chose Hooghly (Portuguese:Ugulim) and it became the first European settlement in Bengal. Hooghly became a major commercial centre and the largest port in Bengal within a few decades. In 1580
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