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== History ==[[Capture of ChinsuraCategory:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] 1759== Spelling Variants ==Modern name: Chinsura<br>Variants: Chinsurah<br>
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|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugli-Chuchura Chuchura]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal West Bengal]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
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'''Chinsura''' was a Dutch settlement founded in 1656 and finally ceded to Britain in 1825. It is now part of the twin conurbation of Hughli-Chuchura
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Chuchura<br>
Variants: Chinsura/Chunchura/Chinsurah. <br>
==Military history==
[[Capture of Chinsura]] 1759
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