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== History ==[[Battle of HughliCategory:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] 1757== Spelling Variants ==Modern name: Hugli Chinsurah<br>Variants: Hughli/Hooghly<br>
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|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal West Bengal]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
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'''Hughli''' was originally founded by the Portuguese in 1537. It was captured by the Mughals in 1632 and the British established a factory there in 1676. It is now part of the twin conurbation of Hugli-Chuchura.
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Hugli<br>
Variants: Hooghly/Hughli<br>
==Military history==
[[Battle of Hughli]] 1757
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