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Name: Dutch Suratte

Type: Polity

Start: 1617 AD

End: 1744 AD

Parent: netherlands

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Was a directorate of the Dutch East India Company around Surat (India).

Establishment


  • January 1617: A Dutch fort is established in Suratte (today called Surat) by Pieter van den Broecke in 1616.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Shahu I


    Expansion during the rule of Shahu I in the Maratha Empire.

  • January 1745: Ahmadabad was abandoned in 1744.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1618: The Dutch established a post at Cambay. It was a rather unsuccessful post due to the inability of ships to dock at the port at low tide.

  • January 1618: The Dutch East India Company office was founded in 1617.

  • January 1638: Sawantwadi State fell directly under the command of Batavia until 1673, and then under command of Suratte.

  • January 1644: After problems with local merchants, Cambay closed in 1643.

  • September 1666: Surate (Surat) becomes a French factory in 1666.

  • January 1677: Vengurla fell under Dutch Malabar.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1745: Ahmadabad was abandoned in 1744.
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