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Bandel - Howrah Local
Bandel is a city in the Hooghly district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It was founded by Portuguese settlers and falls under the jurisdiction of Chandernagore Police Commissionerate. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Bandel is a major rail junction station of Eastern Railway zone, and is 38 km from Howrah railway station. Sir James Brooke, the first White Rajah of the Raj of Sarawak, Kingdom of Sarawak was born here in 1803. Geography Location Bandel is located at and it has an elevation of 16 m. The main river that flows by Bandel is Hooghly River, Hooghly. The town is in Gangetic Plain. Climate Like the rest of the Ganges Delta of West Bengal, the climate is tropical wet-and-dry in nature. A prolonged hot and humid weather is the main characteristic of the climate of Bandel. The monsoon stays from early June to mid-September. Winter persists for almost three months, from mid-November to mid-February. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandel Church
The Basilica of the Holy Rosary (commonly known as Bandel Church) is one of the oldest Christianity, Christian church (building), churches in West Bengal, India. Situated in Bandel, Hooghly district of West Bengal, it stands as a memorial to the Portuguese India, Portuguese settlement in Bengal. Founded in 1599, it is dedicated to Mary (mother of Jesus), Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Our Lady of the Rosary. It is also a parish church, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta. It is one of the most prominent historical churches in West Bengal as well as in India. History Around the middle of the 16th century, the Portuguese began using Bandel as a port. During or around 1571, they were given permission by Akbar, the Mughal Empire, Mughal emperor, to build a town in Hooghly District, Hooghly. As they began settling around the area, their priests began to baptism, baptise the natives — by 1598, Catholic Church in India, Catholics in Hooghly numbered around five thousand, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
