Shrirampur

Shrirampur

India
also called  Serampur  or  Serampore 

      city, West Bengal state, northeastern India. It is located just west of the Hugli (Hooghly) River (Hugli River) and is part of the Kolkata (Calcutta) (Calcutta) urban agglomeration. Originally a Danish settlement founded in the 18th century and called Frederiksnagar, the town was acquired by the British in 1845. A Baptist mission was begun there in 1793. Serampore College was established (1818) by three Baptist missionaries, who were also the first in India to cast type in an Indian alphabet; the earliest Bengali newspapers were issued in Shrirampur in 1818. The first Indian paper mills were built there in the 1870s. It was constituted a municipality in 1865. Jute, rice, and cotton milling and the manufacture of chemicals, rope, jewelry, hand looms, and metal polish are important industries. Shrirampur has a library, a hospital, the Government Weaving Institute, and a textile technology school. The Rathayatra (Chariot Festival) is held there annually. Pop. (2001) 197,857.

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