<P> Crappe had sailed on the scouting freighter Øresund one month prior to the main fleet . Øresund had encountered Portuguese vessels off the Karaikkal coast and was sunk , with most of the crew killed , or taken prisoner . The heads of two crew members were placed on spikes on the beach as a warning to the Dano - Norwegians . Crappe and 13 of the crew however had escaped the wreck , making it to shore where they were captured by Indians and taken to the Nayak of Tanjore ( now Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu ) . The Nayak turned out to be interested in trading opportunities and Crappe managed to negotiate a treaty granting them the village of Tranquebar ( or Tharangamabadi ) and the right to construct a `` stone house '' ( Fort Dansborg ) and levy taxes . This was signed on 20 November 1620 . </P>
<P> Crappe had sailed on the scouting freighter Øresund one month prior to the main fleet . Øresund had encountered Portuguese vessels off the Karaikkal coast and was sunk , with most of the crew killed , or taken prisoner . The heads of two crew members were placed on spikes on the beach as a warning to the Dano - Norwegians . Crappe and 13 of the crew however had escaped the wreck , making it to shore where they were captured by Indians and taken to the Nayak of Tanjore ( now Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu ) . The Nayak turned out to be interested in trading opportunities and Crappe managed to negotiate a treaty granting them the village of Tranquebar ( or Tharangamabadi ) and the right to construct a `` stone house '' ( Fort Dansborg ) and levy taxes . This was signed on 20 November 1620 . </P>
in which place the danish started the trading centre in india
in which place the danish started the trading centre in india
Tranquebar
Tranquebar