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'''ChandernagorChandernagore''' was formerly a [[French]] colony and is situated about 30km north of the centre of [[Calcutta]]straddling the Hugli River.
== History ==
The French arrived in 1673. Chandernagore became a larger trading centre than neighbouring [[Calcutta]]. Its importance fell after [[Robert Clive|Colonel Robert Clive]] of the British [[East India Company]] and Admiral Watson captured Chandernagore in the [[Battle of Chandernagore 1757]]. Control was returned to the French in 1816, where it remained until independence.
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Chandannagar<br>
Variants: Chandernagore/Chandernagar/Chandernagor<br>
==Records==
*See [[French]]
==Churches==
*The Sacred Heart Church: French
*Church of St. Louis: French (now a ruin)
==Schools==
*St. Joseph's Convent for girls RC 1861
*Ecole de Saint Mare (St Mary’s School) 1862, later called Collège Dupleix (Dupleix school from 1901) and renamed Kanailal Vidyamandir after 1948.
==Newspapers==
*Le Petit Bengali: first published 1879.
*Viva la Republique: first published 1882. Bengali version named Prajabandhu.
== FIBIS Resources==
The indexes to Chandernagore Civil Births, Marriages and Deaths have been transcribed from the original records located at the Centre D'Archives d'Outre Mer at Aix Le Provenance in France. These are available to search generally via the Fibis Search facility. The datasets are:<br>
[http://wwwfibis.search.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_componentslist_sources&idsource_class=374 169 Chandernagore Civil Marriage Index 1831-1864]<br>[http://www.searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_componentslist_sources&idsource_class=375 167 Chandernagore Civil Birth Registration Index 1831-1864]<br>[http://www.searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_componentslist_sources&idsource_class=376 168 Chandernagore Civil Death Registration Indexes 1831-1899]
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandannagar Chandannagar] Wikipedia<br>*Jean-Claude Féray website, “The French in Chandernagor” is now an archived website. Unfortunately only parts of the site appear to have been archived and these are the pages**[http://web.archive.org/web/20100831045207/http://chandernagor.ifrance.com/ The French in cimeti.html Quelques personnes notables du cimetière européen de Chandernagor]**[http://web.archive.org/web/20100801045025/http://chandernagor.ifrance.com/gouv-dupleix.html Liste des administrateurs, des employés et des militaires de la Compagnie pendant le gouvernement de Dupleix à Chandernagor(1731-1741)] Jean**[http://web.archive.org/web/20100801044934/http://chandernagor.ifrance.com/1778.html 1778 : liste de sujets français désirant s'embarquer pour l'île Maurice sur un cartel anglais]**[http://web.archive.org/web/20100801045029/http://chandernagor.ifrance.com/listef1813.html Liste des sujets français vivant à en 1813. (Extrait du Calcutta-Claude Féray website<br>Annual Directory) ]**[http://web.archive.org/web/20100801045052/http://chandernagor.ifrance.com/table.html Table des registres de Mariage de l'Eglise Saint Louis de Chandernagor d'août 1814 à février 1818]*[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/henri.maurel/chandernagoreN1.htm/ "Chandernagore Birth Records 1835 -1900"] (French site)<br>*Prof. Frances Pritchett's [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1600_1699/french/chandernagore/chandernagore.html Chandernagore] contains a report from Chandernagore in the 'Mercury' of Sept. 1698, about political/military intrigues in the Hooghly area, together with illustrations of Chandernagore*[http://www.chandernagorheritage.com/place.html Chandernagor Heritage: Places of interest] chandernagorheritage.com[[Category:Locations]]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160120134426/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120715/jsp/calcutta/story_15730606.jsp Our heritage, their heritage] Sunday, July 15, 2012 ''The Telegraph, Calcutta'', now an archived webpage. Heritage buildings in [[Serampore]] and Chandernagore*[http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=CREST&BaseHref=TCRM%2F2013%2F07%2F20&PageLabel=16&EntityId=Ar01501&ViewMode=HTML "Town Of The Crescent Moon"] by Priya Ganapathy & Anurag Mallick July 20, 2013 ''Times of India'' Crest Edition. [http://redscarabtravelandmedia.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/chandernagore-town-of-the-crescent-moon Same article, additional photographs] from the authors’ website.*[http://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/chandannagar-a-slice-of-france/ "Chandannagar ~ A slice of France"] March 14, 2012. Rangan Datta. ===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.500671/2015.500671.Bengal-Past#page/n95/mode/2up "Echoes from Old Chandernagore"] page 343 ''Bengal Past and Present'' Volume 2, July 1908. Archive.org/Digital Library of India Collection.*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.500674/2015.500674.Bengal-Past#page/n101/mode/2up "A Note on Slaves and Slavery in Old Chandernagore"] by Charu Chandra Rav, page 257 ''Bengal Past and Present'' Volume 6, July-Dec 1910. Archive.org/DLI Collection.{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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