State

Danish India

settlements and trading posts of Denmark and Norway on the Indian subcontinent

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1620–1869
Founded
1620
Ended
1869

Overview

Danish India (Danish: Dansk Østindien, lit. 'Danish East India') was the name given to the forts and factories of Denmark–Norway (Denmark after 1814) in the Indian subcontinent, forming part of the Danish overseas colonies. Denmark held colonial possessions in India for more than 200 years, including the town of Tharangambadi in present-day Tamil Nadu state, Serampore in present-day West Bengal, and the Nicobar Islands, currently part of India's union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Danish presence in India was of little significance to the major European powers as they presented neither a military nor a mercantile threat. Danish ventures in India, as elsewhere, were typically undercapitalized and never able to dominate or monopolize trade routes in the same way that British, French, and Portuguese ventures could.

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Records (18)

  1. 1624 — Siege of DansborgSiege
  2. 1642 — Capture of the ship The Bengali PrizeNaval battle
  3. 1643–1645 — Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt PessartWar
  4. 1643 — Skirmish of Narsapur RoadNaval battle
  5. 1644 — Siege of DansborgSiege
  6. 1644 — Willem Leyel's Siege of DansborgSiege
  7. 1644 — Skirmish at the Strait of MalaccaNaval battle
  8. 1644 — Capture of St. MichaelNaval battle
  9. 1644 — Action off Pipli RiverNaval battle
  10. 1644 — Capture of Den Lille ElefantNaval battle
  11. 1645 — Willem Leyel's War on GolcondaWar
  12. 1647 — Battle of BalasoreNaval battle
  13. 1655–1669 — Sieges of TranquebarSiege
  14. 1671 — Attack in HooghlyBattle
  15. 1688 — Arrest attempt of Jørgen BjørnNaval battle
  16. 1699 — Siege of TranquebarSiege
  17. 1707 — Siege of DannemarksnagoreSiege
  18. 1756 — Cattle WarWar

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