Chandernagore

Chandernagore (properly Chandan-nagar, 'city of sandalwood'), a French city, with a scanty territory of about 3½ sq. m., on the right bank of the Hugli, 22 miles above Calcutta by rail. Established in 1673, the place for a while rivalled Calcutta; now, through the gradual silting up of the river, it has lost most of its commercial advantages, and has little external trade. It is the seat of a French sub-governor, with a few soldiers, and has in all a population of 25,395, including some 500 Europeans and Eurasians. The town was bombarded and captured by the English in 1757, restored in 1763, twice retaken, and finally restored to the French in 1816.