Diamond Harbour

The Hooghly reaches the Bay of Bengal at Diamond Harbour, 50km south of Kolkata. The Harbour here was used by East India Company, an a ruin fort is said to date back to Portugese pirates. The diamond Harbor was renamed so by the British Diamond Harbor from it's earlier name Hajipur. The harbor is a turning point for the distributary of the Holy Ganges. The river Hooghly turns towards the south into the Bay of Bengal.