Dutch advent in India ~ Indian History Articles

Dutch advent in India

Duchesse (Holland/Netherland) were second to follow of course only after a century of Portuguese advent.
In 1602, a new Dutch company 'Dutch United East India Company' was founded by few merchants to trade in India and other Asian countries. This was a private company.
Dutch has set up the trading station in India for carrying on business. Few important stations were

1.Machilipatnam in 1605 (first), Bimilipatnam, Nizampatnam,Pulicat in Andhra Pradesh.

2.Devanampatnam, Nagapatnam in Tamil Nadu.

3.Balasore in Orissa.
4.Chinsura in Bengal.
5.Surat in Gujarat.

However, Dutch were much interested in Indonesia rather than India. So they didn't appoint any governor for India but Governor of Indonesia itself administered India.
1690 headquarters have been shifted from Pulicat to Nagapatnam.
These Dutch have built Forts at their settlements. Few of them were

- Fort Gustavus at Chinsura
- Fort Geldria at Pulicat
- Fort David at Devanampatnam.

In 1759 in Battle of Badera (Bengal) Dutch were expelled from India by British completely. This was, in fact, a vengeance act where earlier British were expelled from Indonesia.