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Serampore, India
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Serampore

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Also known as: Frederiksnagar, Serampur, Srirampur
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Serampore, city, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India. It is located just west of the Hugli (Hooghly) River and is part of the Kolkata (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 Serampore 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. Serampore 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; (2011) 181,842.

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