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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossimbazar Cossimbazar] Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossimbazar Cossimbazar] Wikipedia
 
*[http://murshidabad.net/history/places-topic-places-zone-two.htm Murshidabad: Cossimbazar] murshidabad.net
 
*[http://murshidabad.net/history/places-topic-places-zone-two.htm Murshidabad: Cossimbazar] murshidabad.net
*[http://sumitsoren1983.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/old-cossimbazar-cosmopolitan-city.html Old Cossimbazar, The Cosmopolitan City]. Sumit Soren’s blog
 
 
*[http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/East/West_Bengal/Cossimbazar/photo1154560.htm Photograph: Dutch Cemetery, Cossimbazar] trekearth.com
 
*[http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/East/West_Bengal/Cossimbazar/photo1154560.htm Photograph: Dutch Cemetery, Cossimbazar] trekearth.com
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeVnXhQStN0 Cossimbazar: Holland on the Ganges - The Unknown Mausoleum] YouTube video
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeVnXhQStN0 Cossimbazar: Holland on the Ganges - The Unknown Mausoleum] YouTube video

Revision as of 22:42, 5 December 2014

In the 17th century Cossimbazar gained a position as the great trading centre of Bengal, which was not challenged until after the foundation of Calcutta. An English Commercial Agent was based here from 1658, and the Dutch and French also traded here.

Spelling variants

Cossimbazar, Kossimbazar, Kasim Bazar, Kasimbazar, Kassimbazar

External links

Historical books online