Arrival of Danish in India

  • Denmark held colonial possessions in India for 225 years. The Danish colonies in India included the towns of Tranquebar (Tamil Nadu), Serampore (West Bengal) and the Nicobar Islands.
  • Christian IV, the king of Denmark-Norway issued a charter in 1616 granting the East India Company a monopoly on trade between Denmark and Asia for twelve years.

Decline

  • During the Napoleonic wars (1803-1815) the British attacked Danish shipping, and devastated the East India Company’s India trade and ultimately captured Danish colonial post and Serampore was ceded to Britain by Denmark in ....
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