Dutch (1602-1825)

The Dutch East India Company was established in 1602. Their main areas of interest were Indonesian islands for spices and used India to setup their trading depots.

  • They established their settlements/trading depots in India at Surat, Broach, Cambay, Nagapatnam, Machilipatnam, Chinsura, Patna and Agra.
  • Pulicat was their main center from 1616 - later replaced by Nagapattinam.
  • Anglo-Dutch rivalry lasted for seven decades but Dutch lost all their possession one by one and were finally uprooted by the British in the `Battle of Bedara’ in ....
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