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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.

The French arrived in 1673. It Chandernagore became Bengal’s a larger trading centre - bigger than neighbouring [[Calcutta]]. Its importance fell after being taken by the British. Colonel Robert Clive of Brittish the British [[East India Company Limited ]] and Admiral Watson captured Chandannagar Chandernagore in the [[Battle of Chandernagore 1757]] . Control was returned to the French in 1816 , where it remianed remained until independanceindependence.