The Portuguese founded the town of Hooghly-Chuchura in 1579, but the district has thousands of years of heritage in the form of the great Kingdom of Bhurshut.

in 1628, Shah Jahan became the new emperor of the Mughal Empire, in the same time, news reached from Qasim Khan Juvayni, the Governor of Bengal that the Portuguese were committing acts of piracy, smuggling, kidnapping, and the slave trade, Shah Jahan resolved to curb the Portuguese acts.

[2][3][4][5] It is reported by Om Prakash that the Portuguese become brazen and confident as they though they are superior than the Mughals in open wide naval conflict like Ganges river while also boosted by the Arakanese allies.

[6] Thus in bolster the Portuguese act of raids which so sever that causing the Nawabs of Bengal grew worried.

[6] In 1632, Shah Jahan ordered Qasim Khan to attack the Portuguese and expel them totally.