21st september 2013 kolkata west bengal india :The Hooghly River, also known as the Hugli River, is a distributary or channel of the holy Ganga or Ganges River. Rising in the western Himalayas the might Ganges River splits into two branches when it enters West Bengal. The Padma River continues on through Bangladesh, till it reaches the Bay Of Bengal, while the other branch becomes the Hooghly River.... See more