Question

Write a short note about Dutch settlements in India

Answer 1

Dutch India is a term used to refer to the settlements and trading posts of the Dutch East India Company on theIndian subcontinent. It is only used as a geographical definition, as there has never been a political authority ruling all Dutch India. Instead, Dutch India was divided into the govern orates Dutch Ceylon and Dutch Coromandel, the commandment Dutch Malabar, and the directorates Dutch Bengal and Dutch Suratte.Dutch presence on the Indian subcontinent lasted from 1605 to 1825. Merchants of the Dutch East India Company first established themselves in Dutch Coromandel, notably Pulicat, as they were looking for textiles to exchange with the spices they traded in the East Indies. Dutch Suratte and Dutch Bengal succeeded in 1616 and 1627 respectively.After the Dutch conquered Ceylon from the Portuguese in 1656, they took the Portuguese forts on the Malabar coast five years later as well, to secure Ceylon from Portuguese invasion

Answer 2

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A sea view of the dutch view of the Dutch in Kochin, seventeen century AsEuropean trade expanded trading settlement where established at various ports events in Kochi came up in the 17th century