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Who built the Geldria Fort at Pulicat in Tamil Nadu?

Who built the Geldria Fort at Pulicat in Tamil Nadu? Correct Answer Dutch

The correct answer is Dutch.

  • Dutch built the Geldria Fort at Pulicat in Tamil Nadu.

Key Points 

  • Dutch:
    • Formation of the company in March 1602.
    • The Dutch East India Company established factories in India at Masulipatnam in 1605 AD, Pulicat (1610 AD), Surat (1616 AD), Bimlipatam (1641 AD), Karaikal (1645 AD), Chinsura, Kasimbazar, Patna, Balasore, Nagapattinam, and Cochin.
    • Pulicat was their main center in India till 1690 AD when Nagapattinam replaced it.
    • Fort Geldria was built by the Dutch East India Company in 1613.
    • The Dutch conceded to the British after their defeat in the Battle of Sedera in 1759 AD.

Additional Information

  • The advent of the Europeans Powers:
    • Portuguese – 1498
    • English – 1600
    • Dutch – 1602
    • Danish – 1616
    • French – 1664 

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