Chandernagore was a trading post of French
Q. Chandernagore was a trading post of- Published on 22 Feb 16a. Dutch
b. French
c. British
d. Portuguese
ANSWER: French
- West Bengal’s Chandernagore town — the first trading post on the eastern bank of the Hooghly, set up by the French in 1696.
- A unique project to restore forgotten heritage of Chandernagore town which involves not only restoration of the old buildings but also promoting the rich heritage of the erstwhile French settlement among people is going on.
- Chandernagore was designed as a trading town and not a military establishment. It grew to a prosperous trading town under the governance of Joseph Francois Dupleix.
- Chandernagore also reflects the confluence of the French and Bengali cultures as a number of Bengali merchants played an important role in development of the town.
- While there is a significant amount of information about the French town of Pondicherry, there is a relatively little material on the heritage of Chandernagore.
- All the work done on restoring the heritage of the town has been digitised and memories documented online. A website, heritagechandernagore.com was inaugurated early this month to mark the 65th anniversary of the Treaty of Cession on February 2, 1951. The treaty officially gave control of Chandernagore to the Indian government from the French.
- The project, which received support from the Embassy of France in India and Foundation Vieilles Maisons Francaise (VMF), is executed by Aishwarya Tipnis Architects.
