🔆DANE (DENMARK SETTLEMENTS)
✅The Danish East India Company was established in 1616 and, in 1620, they founded a factory at
Tranquebar near Tanjore, on the eastern coast of India.
✅ Their principal settlement was at Serampore near Calcutta. The Danish factories, which were not important at any time, were sold to the British government in 1845.
✅The Danes are better known for their missionary activities than for commerce.
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✅The Danish East India Company was established in 1616 and, in 1620, they founded a factory at
Tranquebar near Tanjore, on the eastern coast of India.
✅ Their principal settlement was at Serampore near Calcutta. The Danish factories, which were not important at any time, were sold to the British government in 1845.
✅The Danes are better known for their missionary activities than for commerce.
#revision_notes
#modern_history
#prelims
Join @Upsc_4_history