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|transport= [[East Indian Railway ]] Grand Trunk Road
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'''Chandernagor''' 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. It became Bengal’s larger trading centre - bigger than neighbouring Calcutta. Its importance fell after being taken by the British. Colonel Robert Clive of Brittish East India Company Limited and Admiral Watson captured Chandannagar in the [[Battle of Chandernagore 1757]]Control was returned to the French in 1816 where it remianed until independance.
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Chandannagar<br>
Variants: Chandernagore/Chandernagar/Chandernagor<br>
==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==
