Hugli-Chinsurs, West Bengal
Located on the banks of Hooghly River, Hugli-Chinsura is a small town in the State of West Bengal, India. Hugli-Chinsura was a municipality formed by the merging of two towns, Hugli and Chinsura in 1865.
The Dutch erected a factory on the site in 1656 on a healthy spot of ground, much preferable to that on which Kolkata is situated. At that point Kolkata was the principal Dutch settlement in Bengal (although not known by the name). In 1759 a British force under Colonel Forde was attacked by the garrison of Chinsura on its march to Chandernagore, but in less than half an hour the Dutch were entirely routed. In 1795, during the Napoleonic wars, the settlement was occupied by a British garrison. During the peace of 1814 it was restored to the Dutch. It was among the cessions in India made by the King of the Netherlands in 1825 in exchange for the British possessions in Sumatra.
The Dutch erected a factory on the site in 1656 on a healthy spot of ground, much preferable to that on which Kolkata is situated. At that point Kolkata was the principal Dutch settlement in Bengal (although not known by the name). In 1759 a British force under Colonel Forde was attacked by the garrison of Chinsura on its march to Chandernagore, but in less than half an hour the Dutch were entirely routed. In 1795, during the Napoleonic wars, the settlement was occupied by a British garrison. During the peace of 1814 it was restored to the Dutch. It was among the cessions in India made by the King of the Netherlands in 1825 in exchange for the British possessions in Sumatra.
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