Global InformationFort Geldria information
| Fort Geldria | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | Chennai, India |
| Coordinates | 13°25′10″N 80°18′59″E / 13.41944°N 80.31639°E |
  Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
Fort Geldria or Fort Geldaria, located in Pulicat, Tamil Nadu, was the seat of the Dutch Republic's first settlement in India, and the capital of Dutch Coromandel.[1] It was built by the Dutch East India Company in 1613 and became the local governmental centre in 1616.[2] It was named for Geldria, the native province of Wemmer van Berchem, the General Director of the company.[3] Regularly protected by a garrison of 80 to 90 men,[4] Fort Geldria was the only fortification in the Indian empire;[5] all other positions of the Dutch Company were trading posts.[5]
- ^ Muthiah, S. (2 July 2001). "Madras Miscellany". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 March 2002. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-colonial India. The New Cambridge History of India. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. 1998. pp. 127–128. ISBN 978-0-521-25758-9. OCLC 489951836.
- ^ James 2009, p. 34
- ^ Lach, Donald F.; Edwin J. van Kley (1998). "The Downfall of Two Empires: Vijayanagar and Golconda". Asia in the making of Europe: A Century of Advance. South Asia. Vol. 3. University of Chicago Press. p. 1067. ISBN 978-0-226-46767-2. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
- ^ a b James 2009, p. 32