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Left portion of a map of the mouth of the Ganges
Map of Bengal
Map of Bengal
Map of Bengal
Map of Bengal
Map of Bengale
Map of Bengale, Aracan and Pegu
Map of India
Map of North India
Map of the Bay of Bengal
Map of the coast of Malabar, from Suratte to Cape Comorin
Map of the east coast of India
Map of the East Coast of India
Map of the eastern part of the Indian ocean
Map of the Ganges river
Map of the Gulf of Bengal
Map of the Indian Ocean
Map of the mouth of the Ganges
Map of the mouth of the Ganges and the Hougli station.
Map of the mouth of the Ganges in Bengal, part A
Map of the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean
Map of the northern part of Bengal
Map of the northern part of India and the Himalayas
Map of the northern part of the Coromandel coast
Map of the river of Bengal, otherwise known as the Ganges
Map of the world
Map of the world
The coasts of Malabar and Coromandel

Balasore, situated on the mouth of the Hougli River in the Bay of Bengal, was a well-known port. It had played host to the first European trading posts. The British established a base there in 1633, the French in 1674 and the Danes in 1676. The British fort was later renamed Fort William in honour of King William III. The VOC also had a trading post and a fort in Balasore. The Dutch established a presence here in 1676 on leaving Pipely. Balasore fell under the aegis of the Directorate of Bengal and functioned as a key link between the VOC trading posts in Bengal and those in Coromandel. Between 1700 and 1789 the settlement played host annually to a surgeon, and sometimes to a bookkeeper.