The French visited the city with the intension of establishing a trading post on the right bank of the river Hooghly and post obtaining the permission from the Nawab of Bengal, they established a French colony in 1673 which eventually became a permanent French settlement in 1688 and gradually Chandernagor or Chandannagar evolved as the main centre for European commence in Bengal.
The city was bombarded and captured in 1757 by Colonel Robert Clive of the British East India Company and Admiral Charles Watson of the British Navy during the war between France and the Great Britain thereby severely affecting the image of the city as a prominent commercial destination that got overshadowed by the rising popularity of Calcutta, just downriver.
Thereafter, the control of the city of Chandernagor switched from French in 1763 to the British in 1794 and again to the French in 1816 who governed the city until 1950, under the political control of the governor-general in Pondicherry. Post independence of India in 1947, the residents of Chandernagor wished to become part of India and in May 1950, the French allowed the Indian Government to assume de facto control over the city of Chandernagor and eventually after the official transfer which took place in 1952, Chandernagor was integrated into the Indian State of West Bengal.
The Chandan Nagar Stand, the French Cemetry, the Sacred Heart Church, the Chandanangar Gate, the Undergroud House (Patal-Bari), Nandadulal Temple are few of the major tourist attractions in the city of Chandernagor. Besides, the city also houses Nritya Gopal Smriti Mandir, Bishalakshmi Temple and a picnic and amusement park.
