Dutch India refers to the Dutch colonial possessions on the Indian subcontinent, while Dutch Indies refers to the far wider notions of the Dutch West Indies (in the Americas) and especially the Dutch East Indies (mainly present Indonesia, the colonial jewel in the Dutch crown, confusingly often informally called Indië ('India') in Dutch). The Netherlands Antilles ( Dutch:) previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, is part of the Lesser Antilles See http//enwikipediaorg/wiki/WikipediaFootnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the tags and the template below Its capital was Cochin, on the Malabar coast.
Timeline of Dutch India
- On 1605 the Dutch created their first Indian factory at Maulipatnam.
- 1610–1784 Pulicat a Dutch possession. Pulicat (Pazhaverkadu is a town which lies in the Thiruvallur District, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
- 1638 Factory established in Vengurla on the Konkan coast.
- 1658–1795 Tuticorin a Dutch possession. Thoothukudi (தூத்துக்குடி
- 1658–1781 Negapatnam a Dutch possession.
- 1780–1784 Coramandel Coast occupied by Britain.
- 1795–1818 British occupation of all Dutch India settlements.
- 1818 Malabar annexed to British India.
- 1818 Coromandel settlements restored to Netherlands.
- 1825 Coromandel ceded to Britain, becoming part of British India. For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British
List of colonies
Dutch colonies on the Malabar coast (Zuidwestkust van Indië) included:
- Cranganore of Cranganor (Kodungallor) (1662)
- Cochin de Cima (Pallipuram) (1661)
- Cochin, Cochin de Baixo or Santa Cruz (1663)
- Quilon (Coylan) (1661)
- Cannanore (1663–1790)
- Kundapura (1667–1682)
- Kayankulam (ca. The Malabar Coast also known as the Malabarian Coast, is a long and narrow south-western shore line of the mainland Indian subcontinent. 1645)
- Ponnani (ca. 1663)
Dutch colonies on the Coromandel coast (Oostkust van Indië) included:
- Golkonda (1662 – ca. The Coromandel Coast is the name given to the southeastern coast of the Indian peninsula Golkonda (or Golconda) Telugu గోల్కొండ, a ruined city of south-central India is situated west of Hyderabad, capital of ancient Hyderabad 1733)
- Bimilipatnam (1687–1795, 1818–25)
- Jaggernaikpoeram (1734–95, 1818–25)
- Daatzeram (1633–1730)
- Nagelwanze (1669–87)
- Palikol (1613–1781, 1785–95, 1818–25)
- Masulipatnam (1605–1756)
- Petapoeli or Nizampatnam (1606–68)
- Paliacatta (1610–1781, 1785–95, 1805–25)
- Sadras (1654–1757, 1785–95, 1818–25)
- Tierepopelier (Thiruppapuliyur aka Thiruppadiripuliyur) (1608–25)
- Tegenapatnam, Coedeloer(aka Cuddalore) (1647–1758)
- Porto Novo (1608–1825)
- Negapatnam (1658–1781)
- Tuticorim (1658–1825). WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Kakinada ( Telugu: కాకినాడ is a city and a Municipal corporation in East Draksharama is one of the Pancharama Kshetras in South India. Palakol (also called as Palakollu or Palacole or upamanya puram) is a coastal town in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Machilipatnam (మచిలిపట్నం is a city and a special grade Municipality in Krishna district in the Indian state of Andhra Nizampatnam, also known as Petapolly, is a seaport City in Andhra Pradesh state of southern India. Pulicat (Pazhaverkadu is a town which lies in the Thiruvallur District, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Sadras சதுரங்கபட்டினம் is a fortress town located on India 's Coromandel Coast, 70 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Cuddalore (கடலூர் is a fast growing industrial city and headquarters of Cuddalore district WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Parangipettai ( Tamil:பரங்கிப்ேபட்ைட historically called Porto Novo Thoothukudi (தூத்துக்குடி
Dutch Bengal
In 1608 the Netherlands created their first Indian colony. In 1625 Vereenigde Oostindische Companie of Holland, more commonly known as the Jan Companie or VOC, established a settlement at Chinsurah a few miles south of Bandel to trade in opium, salt, muslin and spices. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Hooghly-Chinsurah (also commonly known as Hughly-Chinsura or Chuchura) (চূঁচূড়া WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> For the German-American structural engineer see Hannskarl Bandel Bandel They built a fort called Fort Gustavius and a church and several other buildings. A famous Frenchman, General Perron who served as military advisor to the Mahrattas, settled in this Dutch colony and built a large house here. The Dutch settlement of Chinsurah survived until 1825 when the Dutch in their process of consolidating their interests in modern day Indonesia, ceded Chinsurah to the English in lieu of the island of Sumatra (part of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824). Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470000 km² and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two History The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 designed to solve many of the issues that had arisen due to the British occupation of Dutch properties during the Napoleonic Wars, as
Fort Gustavius has since been obliterated from the face of Chinsurah and the church collapsed recently due to disuse, but much of the Dutch heritage remains. These include old barracks, the Governor's residence, General Perron's house, now the Chinsurah College and the old Factory Building, now the office of the Divisional Commissioner.
Source
Cuddalore History
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