Fort Dansborg

Fort Dansborg, locally called Danish Fort, is a Danish fort located in the shores of Bay of Bengal in Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) in the Mayiladuthurai District, state of Tamil Nadu. Fort Dansborg was built in the land ceded by Thanjavur king Ragunatha Nayak in an agreement with Danish Admiral Ove Gjedde in 1620 and acted as the base for Danish settlement in the region during the early 17th century. The fort is the second largest Danish fort after Kronborg. The fort was sold to the British in 1845 and along with Tranquebar, the fort lost its significance as the town was not an active trading post for the British. After India's independence in 1947, the fort was used as an inspection bungalow by the state government until 1978 when its archaeology department took control of the fort. The fort is now used as a museum where the major artifacts of the fort and the Danish colonial empire in India are displayed.

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Danish Fort
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Location: 11.0246, 79.8558, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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  Siege of Dansborg ⓘ
  siege on Danish fort in India, 1624

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  Willem Leyel's Siege of Dansborg ⓘ
  siege of Fort Dansborg, 1644

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  Siege of Dansborg ⓘ
  siege in Tranquebar, India 1644

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  Tranquebar Rebellion ⓘ
  1648 rebellion in Danish India

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  Sieges of Tranquebar ⓘ
  sieges in Tranquebar, India 1655–1669

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  Siege of Tranquebar ⓘ
  1699 siege of a European colony in India

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  Action of 6 July 1746 ⓘ
  1746 naval battle

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  Battle of Negapatam ⓘ
  1758 battle of the Seven Years' War

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  Siege of Negapatam ⓘ
  1781 siege during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

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  Battle of Negapatam ⓘ
  1782 naval battle

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  Cattle War ⓘ
  conflict between Danish India and the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom

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  Fort Dansborg ⓘ
  Danish fort in the shores of Bay of Bengal

Frameless

Dansborg 7

Dansborg 1777

Dansborg 1906

Dansborg 3

Dansborg i Tranquebar

Théatre de la guerre dans l'Inde sur la coste de Coromandel - Par M. B. C. T. ; Gravé par Croisey - btv1b531794438 (1 of 2)

Dansborg Fort,Tranquebar

Dansborg 11

Prevost1753

Tranquebar fort entrance

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
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event	armed conflict	1624	Siege of Dansborg	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom, Danish India, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1644	Willem Leyel's Siege of Dansborg	siege, Danish India, Portuguese India	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1644	Siege of Dansborg	siege, Thanjavur Nayak kingdom, Danish India	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1648	Tranquebar Rebellion	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1655	Sieges of Tranquebar	siege, Danish India, Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1699	Siege of Tranquebar	East India Company, siege, Danish India, Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1746	Action of 6 July 1746	France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1758	Battle of Negapatam	France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1781	Siege of Negapatam	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1782	Battle of Negapatam	Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
event	war	1756	Cattle War	war, French India, Danish India, Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	Wikidata
site	fort	1620	Fort Dansborg	fort, museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Dansborg 7		Commons
commons	image		Dansborg 1777		Commons
commons	image		Dansborg 1906		Commons
commons	image		Dansborg 3		Commons
commons	image		Dansborg i Tranquebar		Commons
commons	image		Théatre de la guerre dans l'Inde sur la coste de Coromandel - Par M. B. C. T. ; Gravé par Croisey - btv1b531794438 (1 of 2)		Commons
commons	image		Dansborg Fort,Tranquebar		Commons
commons	image		Dansborg 11		Commons
commons	image		Prevost1753		Commons
commons	image		Tranquebar fort entrance		Commons