Hugli-Chuchura

Hugli-Chinsura, also Hooghly-Chinsura, Chinsurah Chunchura is a town in western Bengal on the Hooghly river, 39 km above Kolkata, formerly the principal Dutch settlement in Bengal.

History

The Dutch erected a factory here in 1656, on a healthy spot of ground, much preferable to that on which Kolkata is situated. 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. At 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. Hugh College is maintained by government; and there are a number of schools, several of which are carried on by Scottish Presbyterian missionaries. Chinsura is included in the Hugh municipality.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)