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'''Serampore''' was a former [[Danish]] colony. It is now called Shrirampur and is 20km due north of the centre of [[Calcutta]].Alternative spelling: Serampur, Sirampur
An excellent website which provides beautiful images of missionary sites in and around Serampore, along with maps and useful links is at [http://www.virtualserampore.org Virtual Serampore].  ==Danish history==The Danish name was FrederiksnagorFrederiksnagore. Alternative spelling: FrederiksnagoreFrederiksnagor, Frederiksnagar. Fregeriksnagore was established by the Danish East India Company, by then called the Asiatic Company, in 1755.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=FZQcjsSitEcC&pg=PA77 ''Der dänische Gesamtstaat: ein unterschätztes Weltreich?/The Oldenburg Monachy:An Underestimated Empire''] (in English) page 77 article by Eric Gobel 2006 Google Books</ref> A [http://books.google.com/books?id=FZQcjsSitEcC&pg=PA57 description] of Frederiksnagore in the early 1780’s.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=FZQcjsSitEcC&pg=PA57 ''Der dänische Gesamtstaat: ein unterschätztes Weltreich?/The Oldenburg Monachy:An Underestimated Empire''] (in English) page 57 article by Finn- Einar Eilassen 2006 Google Books</ref>
An excellent website which provides beautiful images of missionary sites Frederiksnagore was transferred from the Danish Crown to the East India Company 22 February 1845, as detailed in and around Serampore, along with maps and useful links is at this [http://wwwbooks.virtualseramporegoogle.org Virtual Seramporecom/books?id=kDYQAAAAYAAJ&dq=Frederiksnagore&pg=PA70 link]<ref>[http://books. google.com/books?id=kDYQAAAAYAAJ&dq=Frederiksnagore&pg=PA70 ''A collection of treaties, engagements, and sunnuds, relating to India and neighbouring countries. Volume 1 Bengal, Burmah and the Eastern Archipelago''], page 70 1862 compiled by C U Aitchison Google Books</ref>
==Danish residents in 1813==
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
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