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  • Originally posted on Rangan Datta: Chinsurah (Chuchura) Remains of a Dutch Legacy Chinsurah or Chuchura has a interesting etymology, according to some sources the word derived from a special cane called chinchira while others opine the word was derived from the Bengali word Chura (Spire). Clock Tower, Chinsurah (Chuchura) The former Dutch colony (1615 –…