The Hooghly River (alternatively spelled Hoogli or Hugli) is a distributary of the Ganges River in India. It splits from the Ganges near the city of Baharampur, and runs south through the Indian state of West Bengal, past the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah, to empty into the Bay of Bengal. Two of its well known tributaries are Damodar and Rupnarayan. A distributary is a river that branches off from a major river before it reaches the sea, particularly in a river delta. ... The Ganges River (Ganga in Indian languages; Ganges is the Latin form) (Devanagari गंगा) is the major river in northern India and Bangladesh. ... Baharampur ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Poshchim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... Kolkata (Bangla: কলকাতা, Hindi: कोलकाता), formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and was capital of British India until 1912. ... Howrah (also spelled Haora) is an industrial city in West Bengal, India. ... A map showing the location of the Bay of Bengal. ... Damodar River rises from the Chota Nagpur plateau of the Jharkhand state of India. ... The Rupnarayan River is a river in India. ...

It is an essential lifeline for the people of Kolkata. The fish from the river are important to the local economy. The river's presence is one of the reasons chosen by the British to settle there. The French colony at Chandannagar on the Hoogli was once the rival of British Calcutta, but was eclipsed by Calcutta in the colonial wars of the 18th century. The modern container port of Haldia, on the lower Hoogli, now carries much of the region's maritime trade. Chandannagar, formerly known as Chandernagore or Chandernagar, is a city in India. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Haldia is a major seaport in Midnapore District of West Bengal state, India, located approximately 50 kilometers southwest of Calcutta near the mouth of the Hoogli River, one of the distributaries of the Ganges. ...

Several bridges run over the Hooghly at Kolkata; the Howrah Bridge, the Vidyasagar Setu and the Vivekananda Setu bridges. Howrah Bridge, also known as the Rabindra Setu, is a bridge over the Hoogli River in West Bengal, India. ... Vidyasagar Setu (commonly known as the Second Howrah Bridge or Second Hooghly Bridge) is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. ... Vivekananda Setu (also known as Bally Bridge) is a bridge over the Hoogli River in West Bengal, India. ...

The town of Hooghly is located on the river, in the district of the same name. The origins of the name are uncertain, whether the city or the river was named first. The Hoogli River (alternatively spelled Hooghly) is a distributary of the Ganges River in India. ... Hooghly is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. ...

(Need to merge this with the Bhagirathi river, lower distributary) The Bhagirathi is one of the two major tributaries of the Ganga. ...