Hooghly district

India

Hooghly district, in West Bengal, India, maps 73 connections to 2707 other places across 17 topics, with government and local administration forming the largest cluster. Kolkata and Dhaka each share many connections with the district. Portuguese merchants obtained a permit to trade here in 1536, and jute cultivation and trade remain central to the district's industrial identity. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the Father of the Indian Renaissance, was born here at Radhanagore.

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