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== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandannagar Chandannagar] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandannagar Chandannagar] Wikipedia<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20070416100719/http://chandernagor.ifrance.com/ The French in Chandernagor], including  [http://web.archive.org/web/20071113003813/http://chandernagor.ifrance.com/cimeti.html Quelques personnes notables du cimetière européen de Chandernagor] Jean-Claude Féray website, an archived site.<br>
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*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 Unfortunately only parts of the site appear to have been archived and these are the pages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://pagesperso-orange.fr/henri.maurel/chandernagoreN1.htm  "Chandernagore Birth Records 1835 -1900"] (French site)<br>
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**[http://web.archive.org/web/20100831045207/http://chandernagor.ifrance.com/cimeti.html Quelques personnes notables du cimetière européen de Chandernagor]
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
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**[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)]
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**[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]
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**[http://web.archive.org/web/20100801045029/http://chandernagor.ifrance.com/listef1813.html Liste des sujets français vivant à en 1813. (Extrait du Calcutta-Annual Directory) ]
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**[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]
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*[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/henri.maurel/chandernagoreN1.htm  "Chandernagore Birth Records 1835 -1900"] (French site)<br>
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*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
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*[http://www.chandernagorheritage.com/place.html Chandernagor Heritage: Places of interest] chandernagorheritage.com
 
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[[Category:Locations]]
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*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120715/jsp/calcutta/story_15730606.jsp#.UAgbomH5CxU Our heritage, their heritage] Sunday, July 15, 2012 ''The Telegraph, Calcutta''.  Heritage buildings in [[Serampore]] and Chandernagore
 
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]

Revision as of 02:11, 27 July 2012

Chandernagore
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 22.867422°N, 88.367143°E
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chandannagar
State/Province: West Bengal
Country: India
Transport links
East Indian Railway Grand Trunk Road

Chandernagore 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 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
Variants: Chandernagore/Chandernagar/Chandernagor

Records

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:
Chandernagore Civil Marriage Index 1831-1864
Chandernagore Civil Birth Registration Index 1831-1864
Chandernagore Civil Death Registration Indexes 1831-1899

External Links