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CHINSURA

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 235 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHINSURA , a See also:

town of See also:British See also:India, on the See also:Hugli See also:river, 24 m. above See also:Calcutta, formerly the See also:principal Dutch See also:settlement in See also:Bengal. The Dutch erected a factory here in 1656, on a healthy spot of ground, much preferable to that on which Calcutta is situated. In 1759 a British force under See also:Colonel See also:Forde was attacked by the See also:garrison of Chinsura on its See also:march to See also:Chandernagore, but in less than See also:half an See also:hour the Dutch were entirely routed. In 1795, during the See also:Napoleonic See also:wars, the settlement was occupied by a British garrison. At the See also:peace of 1814 it was restored to the Dutch. It was among the cessions in India made by the See also:king of the See also:Netherlands in 1825 in See also:exchange for the British possessions in See also:Sumatra. Hugli See also:College is maintained by See also:government; and there are a number of See also:schools, several of which are carried on by Scottish Presbyterian missionaries. Chinsura is included in the Hugli See also:municipality.

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