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LURE - THRU THE AGES
European Trading Posts in Coastal Areas in c. 1700 A.D. (India)
Eternal India
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BRITAIN
The British East India Company colonised
Machalipatnam in 1611, Surat (1613), Agra
Ahmedabad, Broach in 1619, Katak (1633),
Madras in 1639, Hoogli (1651), Bombay
(1688) Cambay, Karwar, Calicut, Anjengo,
Patna, Dacca, Calcutta, Vishakapatnam, Nar-
asapur, Masalipatnam, St. David, Portonovo
and later conquered a large part of India,
Burma and Ceylon. Their capital was Cal-
cutta till 1911 and later it was shifted to
Delhi. The British Colonialism ended in
1947.
HOLLAND
The Dutch estabished their colonies at Co-
chin, Sadras (near Madras). They also colo-
nised Trancobar near Pondicherry, Balasore,
Calicut (1745-1770) Sirampore (c. 1750)
near Calcutta. But they moved out India
very soon.
Ahmedabad, Broach, Surat, Vengur, Coon-
dapur, Cannanore, Cranagnore, Pallipura,
Porakad,
Kayankulam,
Quilon,
Patna,
Kasimba, Jagannathpuram, Palakollu, Nar-
asapur, Masuli, Pulicat, St. Thome, Porto
Novo, Negapur, Kayalpatnam, Vembar, Tu-
ticorin, Manapadu, G. Falta, Chinsura.
AUSTRIA
Surat (c. 1720)
PORTUGAL
Vaso-da-gama of Portugal discovered
new sea-route to India in 1498, after
the fall of Constantinople (in 1453).
The Portuguese colonised Calicut in
1498, Goa in 1510, Diu and Daman,
Agra, Hoogli, Surat Bassien, Salsette,
Anjidivi and Macyalox. Portuguese
colonialism ended in 1961, (after the
liberation of Goa, Diu and Daman).
CITIES
FRANCE
The French East India Company estab-
lished colonies at Surat, Pondicherry,
Portonovo, Machalipatnam, Balasore,
Mahe, Calicut (between 1666 and 1690).
Pondicherry was their Capital in India.
French colonialism ended in 1954
(Pondicherry, Mahe, Varanasi and Kari-
kal).
DENMARK
Balasore, Tranquebar,
Calicut (1745 1770),
Serampore (c. 1750)
COUNTRY'S
PRESENCE
1. AGRA (U.P.)
British, Portugal.
2. AHMEDABAD (Guj)
Holland
3. ANJENGO (Ker)
British
4. BALASORE (Ori)
British, Denmark,
France
5. BASSEIN (Maharashtra)
Portugal
6. BOMBAY (Maharashtra)
British
7. CALCUTTA (W.B)
British
8. CALICUT (Ker)
British, Denmark
(1745)
9. CAMBAY (Guj)
British
10. CANNANORE (Ker)
Holland
11. CHANDRANAGORE (W.B)
France
12. CHINSORA (W.B)
Holland
13. COONDAPUR (Kar)
Holland
14. DAMAN (Daman)
Portugal
15. DIU (Daman)
Portugal
16. GOA (Goa)
Portugal
17. KARWAR (Kar)
British
18. KAYANKULAM (Ker)
Holland
19. MADRAS (T.N)
British
20. MANAPADU (A.P)
Holland
21. MANGALORE (Kar)
Portugal
22. NARASAPUR (A.P)
British, Holland
23. PATNA (Bih)
British, Holland
24. PONDICHERRY (Ker)
France
25. PULICAT (T.N)
Holland
26. QUILON (Ker)
Holland
27. SERAMPORE (W.B)
Denmark
28. SURAT (Guj)
Austria,
British,
France,
Holland,
Portugal
29. VISHAKAPATNAM (A.P)
British