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Chandannagar Museum

Also known as Dupleix Palace, it is one of the oldest museums in West Bengal and among the best places to visit in Hooghly. Chandannagar Museum or Institut de Chandernagore was established in Dupleix House, the erstwhile official residence of the French Governor of Chandannagar province. The French first established a colony in Chandannagar in 1673 after buying the land from the then Nawab of Bengal, Ibrahim Khan. The place became a permanent settlement of the French in 1688. Joseph Dupleix became the city's governor in 1730.