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Denmark–Norway 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.
Denmark–India relations, also referred to as Indo-Danish relations, are the bilateral relations between Denmark and India. Denmark maintains an embassy in New Delhi, while India has an embassy in Copenhagen. [1] [2] As of the latest data, approximately 15,595 Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) reside in Denmark.
Denmark–Norway's first colony was established at Tranquebar (Trankebar) on India's southern coast in 1620. Admiral Ove Gjedde led the expedition that established the colony. After 1814, when Norway was ceded to Sweden following the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark retained what remained of Norway's great medieval colonial holdings.
The Tranquebar Treaty of 1620 (Danish: Trankebar traktaten af 1620) formally the Treaty between Raghunatha Nayak and Christian IV, was a treaty of friendship between the Thanjavur Nayak kingdom and Denmark–Norway in 1620. The treaty would establish Danish Tranquebar: a base that would be the headquarters of Danish India for the next 200 years.
Now referred to by its original name, Tharangambadi, this nondescript town just 120 kilometers south of famed French outpost Puducherry is filled with fascinating traces of Danish rule.
The Danish East India Company [1] (Danish: Ostindisk Kompagni [2]) refers to two separate Danish-Norwegian chartered companies. The first company operated between 1616 and 1650. The first company operated between 1616 and 1650.
The Danish West India-Guinea Company annexed uninhabited St. Thomas [2] in 1672. It annexed St. John in 1718 and bought St. Croix from France (King Louis XV) on 28 June 1733.. When the Danish West India-Guinea Company went bankrupt in 1754, King Frederik V of Denmark–Norway assumed direct control of the three isla
The European colonial empires like British, French, Dutch, and Portuguese established maritime trade with India during the early 17th century. The Danish East India Company was established in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1616 and a mission was sent with Admiral Ove Gjedde (1594–1660 CE).