Question

On the Rivers map of India mark the places occupied by the Portuguese, Dutch, the English, the Danish and the French

Answer 1

The Portuguese government was set up in the year 1505. After setting up their initial establishment in Cochin, they later on moved to Goa, Daman and Diu and occupied these areas. 

The Dutch set up a Chartered Company in 1602. They put up trading posts and settlements but never occupied India. The first Dutch traders landed in Pulicat on the Coromandel coast.

The English ruled India between 1858 and 1947. During the peak of their rule, they occupied the whole of the Indian subcontinent.

The Danish East India Company was set up in 1616 to trade with India. They occupied parts of Andaman Nicobar island, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.

The French East India Company set up their operations during the second half of seventeenth century. They occupied Pondichery, Mahe, Yanam, Karikal.