Satgaon

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Satgaon

Ruined town in Hooghly District, Bengal, situated in 22 58' N. and 88 23' E., to the north-west of Hooghly town. Popu- lation (1901), 153. Satgaon was the mercantile capital of Bengal from the days of Hindu rule until the foundation of Hooghly by the Portu- guese. Its decay dates from the silting-up of the channel of the SaraswatT- and nothing now remains to indicate its former grandeur except a ruined mosque, the modern village consisting of a few miser- able huts.

Satgaon is said to have been one of the resting-places of Bhaglrathi. De Barros writes that it was ' less frequented than Chitta- gong, on account of the port not being so convenient for the entrance and the departure of ships.' Purchas states it to be 'a fair citie for a citie of the Moores, and very plentiful, but sometimes subject to Patnaw.' In 1632, when Hooghly was declared a royal port, all the public offices were withdrawn from Satgaon, which rapidly fell into ruins.