Sandwip
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Sandwip is an island located along the southeastern coast of Bangladesh in the Chattogram District. Along with the island of Urir Char, it is part of the Sandwip Upazila.
Small ship building yard in the coastal area of Sandwip
Guftasara Bridge, Sandwip
The beaches of Sandwip
Chittagong, the second largest city and main port of Bangladesh, was home to a thriving trading post of the Portuguese Empire in the East in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Portuguese first arrived in Chittagong around 1528 and left in 1666 after the Mughal conquest. It was the first European colonial enclave in the historic region of Bengal.
A painting indicating the battle between the Arakanese and the Mughals in Karnaphuli River in 1666 in which, the Mughal received help from the Portuguese.