Chandannagar

The French Cemetery contains 150 tombs and is located on the Grand Trunk Road opposite Lal Dighi (a large lake). The eminent persons buried in the French Cemetery in Chandannagar includes Duplessis, the founding father of French Chandannagar and pioneering meteorologist Henry “Storm” Piddington, who also finds mentioned in Amitav Ghosh’s novel The Hungry Tide.

Built by Sri Harihar Seth, and donated to the people of Chandannagar. This building still serves as a theatre hall and a library. It was first of its kind in the entire locality.

One of the original two gates that were constructed on 14 July 1937 as the gateways to the French colony of Chandernagore. One was on the north side on the way to Chinsurah, and the other was on the south side on the way to Bhadreswar. Only the southern gate survives out of the two. The gate bears an inscription with the coat of arms and the French motto liberté, egalité, fraternité, meaning "liberty, equality, fratermity".

A meditation centre.

Locally known as Joṛā Ghāṭ (জোড়া ঘাট, literally "twin ghats"), this memorial is dedicated to Dourgachorone Roquitte (দুর্গাচরণ রক্ষিত Durgācaraṇ Rakṣit), the first Indian to receive the Legion of Honour (French: Legion d'honneur), the highest French order of merit. Despite struggling in childhood, he gained a lot of wealth by his trade to the French, as well as Malaysia, Rangoon (present-day Yangon), Trinidad, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Egypt and Mauritius. As a philanthropist, he opened free schools and pharmacies, supplied free food grains and also sponsored pilgrimage. He also served as the mayor of Chandannagar as well as a judge in the local court. The memorial was built in 1921, on the donation of his son Shamachorone Roquitte.

One of the oldest and finest museums in the entire region. It boasts a beautiful collection of French antiques which are difficult to find anywhere else in the world, including the cannons used in the Anglo-French war, wooden furniture of the 18th century etc. The institution still teaches French through regular classes.

Another beautiful example of the advancement in the knowledge of architecture and the aesthetic sense of the people of those earlier days. Its lowest floor is submerged in the River Hooghly. Rabindranath Tagore had frequently visited this edifice and appreciated a lot about it. He felt that the place influenced him to a large extent and broadened his intellectual capabilities. He has mentioned this house in many of his famous novels. Social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar also stayed in this building before Tagore.