Chandernagore

Also Chan·dan·na·gar

[chuhn-der-nuh-gawr, -gohr]

noun

1. a port in S West Bengal, in E India, on the Hugli River: a former French dependency.

Chandernagore

/ ˌtʃʌndənəˈɡɔː /

noun

1. a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)

Example Sentences

Middle-class people didn’t talk like that in pastoral Chandernagore, a small town in West Bengal, about 30 miles from Kolkata.

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Chandernagore became a French settlement in 1688.

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The only great British successes of the year were in India where Calcutta and Chandernagore were captured and the battle of Plassey was won.

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French, too, was vital, and the best was to be picked up in Chandernagore, a few miles from Calcutta.

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In 1730 he was made superintendent of French affairs in Chandernagore, the town prospering under his energetic administration and growing into great importance.

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