Chandannagar/Chandernagore (WB)

Ben: চন্দননগর c(h)andananagara ‘Sandalwood City’  City, West Bengal  From Ben: c(h)andana, ‘sandalwood’; Ben/Skt: nagara, ‘city’. The French acquired land here in 1673 and Chandannagar was founded soon after. Its heyday came following the...