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{{Places of Interest|title=Hugli|name=Hugli |link=xxxxx}}
'''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 [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_168.gif Hooghly District] in the Burdwan Division of the [[Bengal Districts]] during the British period. It is now part of the twin conurbation of Hugli-Chuchura.
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Hugli<br>
Variants: Ugulim/Hooghly/Hooghly-Chinsura/Hughli<br>
==Military history==
[[Battle of Hughli]] 1757
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_182.gif Hooghly Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[https://www.peepultree.world/livehistoryindia/films/places/hooghly-the-global-history-of-a-river-with-robert-ivermee Robert Ivermee on ''Hooghly: The Global History of a River''] Live History India Book Club at peepultree.world. Contains a video (50 minutes). Includes discussion about the Portuguese in Bengal.
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/briefhistoryofhu00crawrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''A Brief History of the Hughli District''] by Dirom Gray Crawford, Indian Medical Service, Civil Surgeon Hughli 1902 Archive.org<br>
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7574/mode/2up ''Hooghly: Past and Present''] by Shumbhoo Chunder Dey 1906. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.4034/mode/2up 2nd file] Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55896 ''Bengal District Gazetteers: Hooghly''] by L.S.S. O’Malley and Monmohan Chakravarti, 1912 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206870/page/n7/mode/2up 2nd file, Archive.org]
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.31281/page/n41/mode/2up "A Week at the Bandel Convent, Hugli"] by H Hosten includes some inscriptions. Page 36 ''Bengal Past and Present'' Volume 10, Jan.- March 1915. Archive.org, mirror from ASI/IGNCA.
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