Category
page 1Tranquebar
Danish colonial empire
1536–1953 colonies of Denmark–Norway and Denmark
Tharangambadi
Tharangambadi (), formerly Tranquebar (, ), is a town in the Mayiladuthurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on the Coromandel Coast. It lies north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary named Uppanar of the Kaveri River. It was established on 19 November 1620 as the first Danish trading post in India. King Christian IV had sent his envoy Ove Gjedde who established contact with Raghunatha Nayak of Thanjavur. An annual tribute was paid by the Danes to the Rajah of Tanjore until the colony was sold to the British East India Company in 1845.

Ove Gjedde
Danish admiral (1594-1660)
Fort Dansborg
Danish fort in the shores of Bay of Bengal
Tranquebar Mission
organization