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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 838 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHANDERNAGORE , or CHANDARNAGAl2, a See also:

French See also:

settlement in See also:

India, with a small adjoining territory, situated on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

HUGLI, or HOOGHLY

Hugli, 20 M. above See also:

CALCUTTA

Calcutta, in 22° 51' 40" N. and 88° 24' 50" E. See also:

AREA

Area 3 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 25,000. Chandernagore has played an important See also:

PART

part in the See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

HISTORY

history of See also:

Bengal. It became a permanent French settlement in 1688, but did not rise to any importance till the See also:

time of See also:

DUPLEIX, JOSEPH FRANCOIS (1697-1763)

Dupleix, during whose See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration more than two thousand See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick houses were erected in the See also:

TOWN

town and a considerable maritime See also:

trade was carried on. In 1757 Chandernagore was bombarded by an See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

FLEET

fleet under See also:

ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

Watson and captured; the fortifications and houses were afterwards demolished. On See also:

peace being established the town was restored to the French in 1763. When hostilities afterwards See also:

broke out in 1794, it was again taken See also:

possession of by the English, and was held by them till 1816, when it was a second time given up to the French; it has ever since remained in their possession. All the former commercial grandeur of Chanders nagore has now passed away, and at See also:

PRESENT

present it is little more than a quiet suburb of Calcutta, without any See also:

EXTERNAL

external trade. The European town is situated at the bottom of a beautiful reach of the Hugli, with clean wide thoroughfares, and many elegant residences along the river-bank. The authorities of Chandernagore are subject to the See also:

jurisdiction of the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

general of See also:

PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry, to whom is confided the general See also:

government of all the French possessions in India.

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