Which one Tamil Nadu City was the first Danish trading post in India established in 1620 ?
A. Erode
B. Tharangambadi
C. Madurai
D. Chennai
Answer: Option B
Solution (By Examveda Team)
Tharangambadi or Tranquebar, is a town in the Nagapattinam district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on the Coromandel Coast. Tranquebar was the first Danish trading post in India established in 1620. King Christian IV had sent his envoy Ove Gjedde who established contact with Raghunatha Nayak of Tanjore. The Danish government sold the colony of Tranquebar to the British East India Company in 1845.This Question Belongs to State GK >> Tamil Nadu
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