DUTCH IN CHINSURAH
A digital resource for histories between the 17-19th century in Chinsurah
AN INITIATIVE BY
THE HERITAGE WALK
As part of the "World Heritage Week" in November, free heritage walks on the themes of "In the footsteps of the Dutch" & "Dutch in Bengal" were conducted in Chinsurah on 23rd November 2014 led by the local historians. A total number of twenty people including students, teachers, residents, enthusiasts and architects from Calcutta participated in the walk. It has been designed as a sustainable model that can be run independently by the local historians and the brochures of the walk are available for download.
The project also created a social media page on facebook and blog for Dutch in Chinsurah project, that helped connect to more than 500 people within the community and in Netherlands and generated much interest in the findings of the Dutch in Chinsurah project. People from the community came forward to share their own stories, histories and heirlooms regarding the town.