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 ....