Bandel

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Bandel
Bandel (India)
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State : IndiaIndia India
State : West Bengal
District : Hugli
Sub-district : Chinsurah
Location : 22 ° 55 '  N , 88 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 22 ° 55 '  N , 88 ° 23'  E

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Bandel ( Bengali ব্যান্ডেল , Byānḍel ) is a place in the Hugli district in the Indian state of West Bengal . Portuguese traders already settled here in the 16th century and built the first church in Bengal in 1599 . The house was destroyed in 1632 and rebuilt around 1660 together with a monastery as a rosary basilica .

The Don Bosco School Bandel was founded in 1978.

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