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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
A [http://books.google.com/books?id=M0EDRPTN7c0C&lpg=PA107&dq=Chinsura%20OR%20Chinsurah&pg=PA107#v=onepage&q=Chinsura%20OR%20Chinsurah&f=false description of Chinsura]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=M0EDRPTN7c0C&lpg=PA107&dq=Chinsura%20OR%20Chinsurah&pg=PA107#v=onepage&q=Chinsura%20OR%20Chinsurah&f=false ''Merchant in Asia: the trade of the Dutch East India Company during the eighteenth century''], page 107 by E M Jacaobs 2006 Google Books</ref>
A second [http://books.google.com/books?id=2LpLAAAAYAAJ&dq=Chinsura%20OR%20Chinsurah&pg=PA96#v=onepage&q=Chinsura%20OR%20Chinsurah&f=false description of Chinsurah]<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=2LpLAAAAYAAJ&dq=Chinsura%20OR%20Chinsurah&pg=PA96#v=onepage&q=Chinsura%20OR%20Chinsurah&f=false ''Oriental commerce Volume 2''], page 95 by William Milburn 1813 Google Books</ref>
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==Historical books online==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_292.gif "Chinsura"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 10, page 286
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
