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=== Other Colonial Powers === Among the other European colonies were [[Portuguese Goa and Damaon]] and [[Portuguese Bombay and Bassein]]. The [[Madh Island|Madh Fort]], [[St. John the Baptist Church, Mumbai|St. John the Baptist Church]] & [[Castella de Aguada]] in Bombay are remnants of Portuguese colonial rule. The [[Churches and convents of Goa]], an ensemble of seven churches built by the Portuguese in Goa are a [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/234/|title=Churches and Convents of Goa|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104191222/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/234|archive-date=2019-01-04|url-status=live|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref> The Portuguese were among the first European traders to discover the sea route to India as early as 1498. The first Portuguese encounter with the subcontinent was on 20 May 1498 AD, when [[Vasco da Gama]] reached [[Calicut]] on the coast of the [[Malabar region]]. The settlements along the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly river]] β a branch of the Ganges β attracted maritime traders from as many European nations, turning that part of Bengal into a little Europe. The Portuguese set up post at [[Bandel]], the Danish at [[Serampore]], the Dutch at [[Hugli-Chuchura|Chinsurah]] and the French at [[Chandannagar|Chandernagore]]. A British military base came up in Barrackpore. Thus influencing neighbouring regions' architecture to create a distinct indo-colonial architecture.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fort Feringhee|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/fort-feringhee/cid/1723256|access-date=2021-03-31|work=The Telegraph|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307220408/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/fort-feringhee/cid/1723256|url-status=live}}</ref> The history of Pondicherry is recorded only after the arrival of Dutch, Portuguese, British and French traders. In 1674 the [[Louis XIV's East India Company|French East India Company]] set up a trading centre at Pondicherry and this outpost eventually became the administrative centre of [[French India|French settlements in India]]. The city has many colonial buildings, churches, temples and statues which, combined with the town planning and French style avenues in the old part of town, still preserve much of the colonial ambiance. <gallery widths="180" heights="160"> File:The Chandannagar Strand Ghat.jpg|The Chandannagar Strand Ghat, reminiscences of a [[French India|French colony]], [[Chandannagar|Chandannagar, West Bengal]] File:Fort Dansborg.JPG|[[Fort Dansborg]], built by the 17th century Danish admiral [[Ove Gjedde]], reminiscences of [[Danish India]], [[Tharangambadi]], Tamil Nadu File:Tomb of susanna anna maria2.jpg|Tomb of Susanna Anna Maria, reminiscences of [[Dutch India]], [[Hugli-Chuchura|Chinsurah]], West Bengal File:St. Francis Church at Velha Goa.jpg|Church Of St Francis Of Assisi, reminiscent of [[Portuguese India]], [[Goa]] File:French Quarter, Pondicherry (16) (37466068276).jpg|French Quarter, Pondicherry. The city became the chief [[French India|French settlement in India]]. </gallery>
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