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===Historical books online===
===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>
*[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/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.  Also available to download as a  pdf from [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/handle/10689/10538  DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library], which appears to be a  digital file from a different source.
*[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]


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Revision as of 11:07, 11 March 2020

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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places of interest during the British period
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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 the Bengal Districts 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

Historical books online