<P> The first Danish East India Company was chartered in 1616 under King Christian IV and focused on trade with India . The first expedition , under Admiral Gjedde , took two years to reach Ceylon , in the process losing more than half its personnel . The island had been claimed by Portugal by the time they arrived , but on 10 May 1620 a treaty was concluded with the Kingdom of Kandy and the foundation laid of a settlement at Trincomalee on the island 's east coast . They occupied the colossal Koneswaram temple in May 1620 to begin fortification of the peninsula before being expelled by the Portuguese . After landing on the Indian mainland , a treaty was concluded with the ruler of the Tanjore Kingdom , Raghunatha Nayak , who gave the Danes possession of the town of Tranquebar , and permission to trade in the kingdom by treaty of 19 November 1620 . In Tranquebar they established Dansborg and installed Captain Crappe as the first governor ( opperhoved ) of Danish India . The treaty was renewed on 30 July 1621 , and afterwards renewed and confirmed on the 10 May 1676 , by Shivaji the founder of the Maratha Empire . </P>
<P> The first Danish East India Company was chartered in 1616 under King Christian IV and focused on trade with India . The first expedition , under Admiral Gjedde , took two years to reach Ceylon , in the process losing more than half its personnel . The island had been claimed by Portugal by the time they arrived , but on 10 May 1620 a treaty was concluded with the Kingdom of Kandy and the foundation laid of a settlement at Trincomalee on the island 's east coast . They occupied the colossal Koneswaram temple in May 1620 to begin fortification of the peninsula before being expelled by the Portuguese . After landing on the Indian mainland , a treaty was concluded with the ruler of the Tanjore Kingdom , Raghunatha Nayak , who gave the Danes possession of the town of Tranquebar , and permission to trade in the kingdom by treaty of 19 November 1620 . In Tranquebar they established Dansborg and installed Captain Crappe as the first governor ( opperhoved ) of Danish India . The treaty was renewed on 30 July 1621 , and afterwards renewed and confirmed on the 10 May 1676 , by Shivaji the founder of the Maratha Empire . </P>
where did the first trade center of danish company was established
where did the first trade center of danish company was established
Tranquebar
Tranquebar