Danish India is a term for the former colonies of Denmark in India, which included the town of Tranquebar in present-day Tamil Nadu state, and the Nicobar Islands, currently part of India's union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tranquebar, 1600. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Map of Nicobar Islands The Nicobar Islands are an island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean, and are part of India. ... ... Map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an extra detailed area around Port Blair The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India. ...
The Danish colonies in India were founded by the Danish East India Company, which was active from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The Danish colony at Tranquebar was established in 1620, and the Nicobar Islands in the 1750s. The Danish also established a commercial outpost at Serampore in 1755, in present-day West Bengal. The Danish East India Company (in Danish Dansk Ostindisk Kompagni) was founded in 1616, following a privilege of the Danish king Christian IV. It was focused on trade with India and had its base in Tranquebar. ... Events September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. ... Serampore,India, is a pre-colonial town on the right bank of the Hughli river in the Hughli district of West Bengal. ... 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... West Bengal (পশà§à¦šà¦¿à¦® বঙà§à¦—, PosÌcim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ...
During the Napoleonic Wars, The British attacked Danish shipping, and devastated the Danish East India Company's India trade. The Danish colonies went into decline, and the British ultimately took possession of them: Serampore was sold to the British in 1839, and the British took possession of Tranquebar in 1845 and the Nicobar Islands in 1869. The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
It was focused on trade with India and had its base in Trankebar, in the fort Dansborg, the seat of its governor (see indirect rule) of DanishIndia, who was styled Opperhoved.
In 1732, it was refounded as Asiatische Compagnie ("Asiatic Company"), yet in 1772 it lost its monopoly, and in 1779 DanishIndia became a crown colony.
As a consequence of the last attack, Denmark (one of few West European countries not occupied by Bonaparte) lost its entire fleet and the island of Helgoland (part of the duchy of Holstein-Gottorp; ceded to Germany in 1890).
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