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GK QUESTION#2893

Chandernagore (Chandannagar), captured by British forces in March 1757, was a colony of which European power?

  1. AFrenchCorrect answer
  2. BDutch
  3. CDanish
  4. DPortuguese
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A. French

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Chandernagore was a French settlement in Bengal. British forces led by Robert Clive and Rear-Admiral Charles Watson captured it in March 1757.

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