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* 1605 The Dutch created their first Indian factory at Masulipatnam.
* 1610–1825 Pulicat a Dutch possession.
* 1638 Factory established in Vengurla on the Konkan coast.
* 1658–1795 Tuticorin a Dutch possession.
* 1658–1781 Negapatnam a Dutch possession.
* 1780–1784 Coromandel Coast occupied by Britain.
* 1795–1818 British occupation of all Dutch India settlements.
* 1818 Malabar annexed to British India.
* 1818 Coromandel settlements restored to Netherlands.
* 1825 Coromandel ceded to Britain, becoming part of British India. |
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Surat (1616-1795)
Gujarat |
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Surat (Surat now), the VOC-location on the north west coast of
India, north of Malabar. In Surat, the VOC office headed by a
Director. |
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Surat. Factory from 1616-1795, Executive Board from 1620. Main
products: indigo and cotton fabrics. |
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The first Dutch merchants of the major international trading city
visited Surat in 1602, Hans de Wolf and Lafer, were leaving the city
intercepted and executed by the Portuguese. David Deynsen was in
1607 so closely driven that he committed suicide. Caused by Pieter
van den Broecke arose despite the difficult start in 1616 from a
flowering plant VOC with a number of smaller offices in the
hinterland. Trading Post Burhanpur and Cambay were unsuccessful. In
1637, in Vengurla a small observation post opened at the Portuguese
in the eye condition. In the first half of the 18th century, Surat
gradually inland cut off the supply of cotton and indigo from Agra
stagnated. Trading on the Red Sea has been hampered by looting and
extortion to Mocca. After some decades of internal strife and large
pauperisation Surat finally came in 1759 in English hands. From that
moment, the VOC in the city had a subordinate position. |
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Agra. (1621-1720)
Uttar Pradesh |
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Agra was the capital of the country of the Great Mogul. Even before
the establishment of the trading post in Agra in 1621 was in this
place, 800 km inland, all the dye indigo purchased. The best quality
indigo came from the vicinity of this city. Indigo was used in the
cloth industry in the Netherlands. The factory was outside the city
of Agra in about half a mile of the river Yamuna and had a
circumference of about 45 to 40 meters. In 1636, all Company
employees on suspicion of fraud from Agra back to Batavia. At senior
merchant Wolle Brant Geleynssen de Jongh was commissioned the lodge
along with two sub-merchants, four assistants and two boys to
continue. In Agra for the new team was a major local staff available. Geleynssen left next to the factory to build 20 tanks cotton own to
bleaching and dyeing. Trade in indigo stagnated in the early 18th
century as a result of political unrest in the north of India the
supply route to Surat was cut. In 1720 the office was closed in
Agra. Except indigo was there on the market Agra also side Bengal
and all kinds of cotton available. Because the city Surat was a six weeks travel from from Batavia, the inspectors
visit it rarely. It was
possible that the compagiesdienaren fortunes could earn in private
trade and carelessness with the accounts. Who from Agra wealthy not
returned, but had lived in a very large foot, it was generally
assumed.
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Ahmadabad
1617-1744 Gujarat |
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Ahmadabad was a major trading city. The markets acted in indigo,
cotton fabrics and yarn, silk, diamonds and nitrate. In Amadabad import and export duties
had not to be paid, but the merchants had to
give gifts to the governor of the city. The VOC has in 1617
established an office in Ahmadabad. The decay of the Mogolrijk at
the beginning of the 18th century reduced the trade and it was also
dangerous from Ahmadabad to Surat . The VOC office in Ahmadabad
was closed in 1744. |
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Burhanpur. Ahmadabad. (1617-1744)
Gujarat |
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Main product: indigo. |
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Bharuch (of Brochia, Broach).
Gujarat |
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Bharuch (or Brochia, Broach). Comptoir. Processing cotton: a fine
white cloth. |
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Vengurla. (1637-1685)
Maharasthra |
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