Dutch Coromandel

Dutch Coromandel
Coromandel
1608–1825
Flag of Coromandel, Dutch
Flag
Coat of arms of Coromandel, Dutch
Coat of arms
Dutch Coromandel (in blue) within Dutch India
Dutch Coromandel (in blue) within Dutch India
StatusFactory
CapitalPulicat (1610–1690; 1781–1795)
Nagapatnam (1690–1781)
Sadras (1818–1825)
Common languagesDutch
Governor 
• 1608–1610
Pieter Issack Eyloff
• 1636–1638
Carel Reyniersz
• 1663–1665
Cornelis Speelman
• 1824–1825
Henry Francis von Söhsten
Historical eraImperialism
• Permission to build a fort in Pulicat
1608
1 June 1825
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Portuguese India
British India

Coromandel was a governorate of the Dutch East India Company on the coasts of the Coromandel region from 1610, until the company's liquidation in 1798. Dutch presence in the region began with the capture of Pulicat from the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay-Bassein. Coromandel remained a colony of the Kingdom of the Netherlands until 1825, when it was relinquished to the British according to the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. It was part of what is today called Dutch India.[1]

  1. ^ De VOC site – Coromandel Archived 2 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine

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