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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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 West Bengal
surface form: state of West Bengal
locatedInHistoricalRegion Bengal
locatedInSubnationalEntity Burdwan division
surface form: Bardhaman division

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

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