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European traders in India and their centers

Hi everyone.

In this post, I shall list the principal European traders that arrived in India and started trading.



The European traders in India & their centers

European company
Centers in India
The Portuguese
Calicut, Cochin, Goa, Daman, Diu, Bassein, Salsette
The Dutch
Tranquebar, Serampore, Nagapattanam, Chinsura, Patna, Balasore, Cochin, Surat, Karaikal, Kasimbazar, Masulipatnam.
The Danish
Tranquebar, Serampore, Kerala, Nicobar Islands
The French
Surat, Masulipatnam, Puyducherry, Mahe, Chandernagore, Karaikal
The English
Surat, Ahmedabad, Bombay, Broach, Agra, Hariharpur, Masulipatnam, Balasore, Kasimbazar, Patna, Kolkata, etc.

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