aug 1, 1620 - Tranqebar
(Danes)
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- Danish arrival in India began in 1620 with the establishment of their first trading settlement at Tranquebar on the Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu.
- Following the charter granted by King Christian IV in 1616, the Danish East India Company negotiated a treaty with the Nayak of Thanjavur, allowing them to build the prominent Fort Dansborg
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