Dutch Bengal

[2] From 1615 onward, the Dutch East India Company traded in the eastern part of Mughal Province of Bengal, Bihar & Orissa.

The port of Pipely (Pipilipattan in Odia) was situated on the confluence of Subarnarekha river of modern day Balasore district of Odisha.

In 1635, a settlement was established in the proper Bengal at Chinsurah adjacent to Hooghly to trade in opium, salt, muslin, and spices.

[6] Dutch factories were established not only at important centres like Patna, Fatuha, Dacca, and Malda but also at some interior villages like Kagaram, Motipur and Mowgrama.

[7] A famous Frenchman, General Perron who served as military advisor to the Mahrattas, settled in this Dutch colony, and built a large house here.

[9] The memorial tablets of deceased Dutch people, which used to be displayed in the church, were donated by the bishop of Calcutta to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam in 1949.

Dutch East India Company factory in Hugli-Chuchura , Bengal. Painting by Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, 1665
The Dutch factory in Cossimbazar.
The Dutch saltpeter factory in Chhapra .
A view of Chinsura from the early 19th century, with the church above the waterfront.
The old Dutch church in Hooghly, before the loss of the church tower in a 1864 cyclone.