Chandernagore
Americannoun
noun
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Middle-class people didn’t talk like that in pastoral Chandernagore, a small town in West Bengal, about 30 miles from Kolkata.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
They determined accordingly to attack Chandernagore, the chief possession of the French in Bengal, before the force there could be strengthened by new arrivals either from the South of India or Europe.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
All went well until we came near Chandernagore; we struck a snag; the boat sprang a leak; we feared the bibis would be drowned.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
Here he remained a short time to master modern Persian, and then hastened to Chandernagore to acquire Sanskrit.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
French, too, was vital, and the best was to be picked up in Chandernagore, a few miles from Calcutta.
From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard
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