Hughli

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Hughli is a historic river port town in West Bengal, India, that developed as an important commercial and administrative center under Mughal and later European colonial rule.

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Hughli canonical 4

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town ⓘ
river port ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivision municipal town ⓘ
climate tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
developedUnder British colonial influence ⓘ
European colonial rule ⓘ
Mughal rule ⓘ
Portuguese colonial influence ⓘ
governingBody municipality ⓘ
hasAdditionalOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity port-related commerce ⓘ
river trade ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Mughal-era river port ⓘ
early European trading settlement in Bengal ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Bengali ⓘ
hasPostalCodeType PIN ⓘ
hasTransport rail transport ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
road transport ⓘ
historicalRole administrative center ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ
languageUsed Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn West Bengal ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision state of West Bengal ⓘ
linked to: West Bengal
locatedInHistoricalRegion Bengal ⓘ
locatedInSubnationalEntity Bardhaman division ⓘ
linked to: Burdwan division

Hooghly district ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
locatedOnRiver Hooghly River ⓘ
partOf Hooghly district ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
religionPresent Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ

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