Hughli

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Hughli
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 22.9°N 88.39°E
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Hugli-Chuchura
State/Province: West Bengal
Country: India
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Hughli was originally founded by the Portuguese in 1537. It was captured by the Mughals in 1632 and the British established a factory there in 1676. It was the headquarters of Hooghly District in the Burdwan Division of Bengal during the British period. It is now part of the twin conurbation of Hugli-Chuchura.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Hugli
Variants: Ugulim/Hooghly/Hooghly-Chinsura/Hughli

Military history

Battle of Hughli 1757

External links

Hooghly Town Imperial Gazetteer
Hugli 1911 Love to Know Encyclopaedia

Historical books online

A Brief History of the Hughli District by Dirom Gray Crawford, Indian Medical Service, Civil Surgeon Hughli 1902 Archive.org
Bengal District Gazetteers: Hooghly by L.S.S. O’Malley and Monmohan Chakravarti,1912 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website or to download as a searchable pdf from DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library