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	HUGHES, THOMAS (18821896) - LoveToKnow Article on HUGHES, THOMAS (18821896)
		The Dutch established themselves at Chinsura in the 17th century, and held the place till 1825, when it was ceded to Great Britain in exchange for the island of Sumatra.
		HUGLI, or HOOGHLY, a town and district of British India, in the Burdwan division of Bengal, taking their name from the river Hugh.
		HUGLI, or HOOGHLY, the most westerly and commercially the most important channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUGHES_THOMAS_1882_1896_.htm (2782 words)

	HUGLI, or HOOGHLY - Online Information article about HUGLI, or HOOGHLY
		There are in consequence considerable marshes both between the Hugli and the Damodar and between the latter river and the Rupnarayan.
		rivers, besides the Hugli, are the Damodar and the Rupnarayan.
		Company established a factory at Hugli, their first settlement in Lower Bengal.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HOR_I25/HUGLI_or_HOOGHLY.html (1028 words)

	Hooghly-Chinsura -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Chinsura was an important 17th-century settlement of the Dutch, who built a factory (trading station) there in 1656.
		Hooghly, also spelled Hugli, was founded by the Portuguese in 1537 following the decline of Satgaon, the mercantile capital of lower Bengal; it was also the first English settlement (1651) in lower Bengal until it was abandoned in 1690 for Calcutta.
		It lies at the mouth of the Hooghly (Hugli) River (q.v.), an arm of which separates it from the mainland to the east.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9040975 (810 words)

	Hugli
		Hugli or Hooghly, river, an arm of the Ganges, c.160 mi (260 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Bhagirathi, Jalangi, and Matabhanga rivers, West Bengal state, E India, and flowing S to the Bay of Bengal; navigable for small oceangoing vessels to Calcutta, c.80 mi (130 km) upstream.
		A Portuguese trading post, established at Hugli town in 1537, was of commercial importance in the 16th and 17th cent.
		The Hugli's headwaters are important for inland traffic.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0824467.html (181 words)

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		Once a center of Sanskrit learning, it is now part of the Hugliside industrial complex.
		...West Bengal state, E India, on the Hugli River.
		...Garden Reach, city, West Bengal state, NE India, on the Hugli River.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Hugli (226 words)

	CHINSURA - Online Information article about CHINSURA
		Chinsura is included in the Hugli See also:
		Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CHA_CHR/CHINSURA.html (250 words)

	Re-engineering the 'dying city'
		Thus Satgaon yielded to nearby Hugli (Portuguese), Chinsura (Dutch) and Chandernagore (French), and Calcutta (British) to Haldia in more recent times.
		Reduced drafts with shrinking upland flows and the ever-growing size of vessels have dictated this migration.
	in.rediff.com /money/2005/nov/17kol.htm (1103 words)

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		In 1651 it got permission to trade at Hugli in Bengal.
	www.classteacher.com /student/exambooster/concepts/history12.html (3028 words)

	Chapter BANDANNA <i>to</i> BANDICOOT of B by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary
		1782.—“There are five European factories within the space of 20 miles, on the opposite banks of the river Ganges in Bengal; Houghly, or Bandell, the Portuguese Presidency; Chinsura, the Dutch; Chandernagore, the French; Sirampore, the Danish; and Calcutta, the English.”—Price’s Observations, &c., p.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/260/1269/19862/2.html (659 words)

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		Onward Chinsura the Dutch Colony from 1656-1825 is another interesting place for derout Europeans.
		A Dutchman can recalls its architectural glory to see the octo-demensional Dutch – Church and cemetery in Chinsura.
		Even British can identify their first colony in India-Hugli with the memory of East India Company.
	www.ganashakti.com /old/2004/040927/feature5.htm (830 words)

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