SERAMPUR

SERAMPUR is a town of modern aspect in the state of West Bengal in India, on the Hooghly, 13 m. N. of Calcutta.

Formerly, it was a Danish occupation, was purchased by the British in 1845, and became part of West Bengal after independence of India.

It manufactures paper and mats, and is associated with the successful missionary enterprise of the Baptists Carey, Marshman, and Ward.