The Chandernagore city is a small yet significant city in the Hugli city. It has a history of 300 years. Chandernagore was an established french colony since 1673 with the permission of then Nawab Ibrahim khan.
In 1756 war broke out between France and Great Britain, and the British Navy captured Chandannagar on 23 March 1757.
Chandernagore was restored to the French in 1763, but recaptured by the British in 1794. The city was returned to France in 1816, along with a 3 sq miles (7.8 km2) enclave of surrounding territory. It was governed as part of French India until 1950.
Visiting this city can give you a view in the past staying in the present and a unique taste of travelling from other cities.
Things to do in Chandernagore:
1. Chandannagore Strand: Chandan nagore stand is an excellent place of interest along the banks of the stream Hooghly. It is a beautiful and happening trail with notable streetlamps encompassed by lushy green trees around 1 km long and 7 meters in width, and numerous structures of significance encompass the spot. It is extremely famous visiting spot of local people and the travelers couldn't imagine anything better than to walk around partaking in the gentle wind and watching the little boats sail by. Along the strand are available Vivekananda Mandir (a reflection community) and a gallery, distending structure into the waterway Ganga. This should be the best enlivened bank of the stream ganga.
2. Chandannagore Museum and Institute (Institut de Chandernagore), On Strand. One of the most seasoned and best exhibition halls of the whole area. It brags an excellent assortment French collectibles (like cannons utilized in Anglo-French conflict, wooden furniture of eighteenth century, and so forth) which are challenging to track down elsewhere on the planet. The organization actually shows French through customary classes.
3. Nandadulal Temple: Nandadulal Temple, is an excellent temple was built by Indranarayan Roychoudhury.
4. Nritya Gopal Smriti Mandir. Worked by Sri Harihar Seth, and gave to individuals of Chandannagore. This building actually fills in as a theater corridor and a library. It was first of its sort in the whole area.
5. The Sacred Heart Church. The Sacred Heart Church of Chandannagar (l'Eglise du Sacré Cœur): The wonderful church represents more than two centuries to stamp the magnificence of the design during the French time frame - a decent spot to visit for the antiquarians and travelers the same. The remaining parts of the Church of St. Louis is likewise an alluring place of interest.
6. The Underground House (Patal-Bari). The structure is one more excellent illustration of the headway in the information on design and the stylish feeling of individuals of those previous days. Its most minimal floor is lowered in the River Ganga. The Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore oftentimes visited the spot and liked a ton about the structure. He felt that the spot impacted him generally and widened his scholarly capacities. He referenced Patal-bari in a significant number of his popular books. The popular social reformer Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar likewise remained in the structure.
7. French Cemetery, GT Road, inverse Lal Dighi. The French Cemetery contains 150 burial chambers and is situated on the Grand Trunk Road inverse Lal Dighi (an enormous lake). The prominent individual covered in the French Cemetery in Chandannagar incorporates Duplessis, the principal architect of French Chandannagar and spearheading meteorologist Henry "Tempest" Piddington, who additionally tracks down notice in Amitav Ghosh's original The Hungry Tide
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