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{{Infobox treaty|name=Tranquebar Treaty of 1620|long_name=Treaty between Raghunatha Nayak and Christian IV|image=Den 19. november 1620 signerede Nayaka Raghunata af Thanjavur en aftale med Kong Christian 4.jpg|context=[[Danish East India Company]] tries to establish a colony in India|date_signed=19 November 1620|location_signed=[[Tanjore]]|negotiators={{Flagicon|Denmark-Norway}} [[Roland Crappé]]<br />{{Flagicon|Denmark-Norway}} [[Ove Gjedde]]<br />[[Raghunatha Nayak]]|signatories={{Flagicon|Denmark-Norway}} [[Christian IV]]<br />Raghunatha Nayak|parties={{flag|Denmark-Norway}}<br />[[Thanjavur Nayak kingdom]]}}<br />
The '''Tranquebar Treaty of 1620''' ({{Langx|da|Trankebar traktaten af 1620}}) formally the '''Treaty between Raghunatha Nayak and Christian IV''', was a treaty of friendship between the [[Thanjavur Nayak kingdom]] and [[Denmark–Norway]] in 1620. The treaty would establish Danish [[Tranquebar]]: a base that would be the headquarters of [[Danish India]] for the next 200 years.<br />
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== Background ==<br />
in 1618 [[Christian IV of Denmark]] and the newly established [[Danish East India Company]] sent an expedition under the leadership of [[Ove Gjedde]] to [[Ceylon]], with the intention of securing the [[Danish Monarchy]] as a part of the Asiatic trade.{{Sfn|Brimnes|2018}} The negotiations on Ceylon proved to be unsuccessful and the expedition tried their luck on the [[Coromandel Coast]].{{Sfn|Brimnes|2018}} [[Roland Crappé]], a member of the expedition who had former ties to the [[Thanjavur Nayak kingdom]], got an audience with the Nayak of Thanjavur [[Raghunatha Nayak|Raghunatha]] through some of his friends.{{Sfn|Svane|2020}} The Nayak had seen a benefit in bonding with another [[European Powers|European power]] in the hopes of weakening the Portuguese influence in his realm.{{Sfn|Svane|2020}} The Nayak were willing to give the local fishing village of [[Tharangambadi]] to the Danes, and after Ove Gjedde met with the Nayak a treaty was signed.{{Sfn|Svane|2020}}<br />
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== Treaty ==<br />
The treaty had 15 statements including:{{Sfn|Knudsen|2017}}<br />
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* Danes were given the right to trade in Thanjavur<br />
* The Nayak were to defend the members of the [[Church of Denmark]]<br />
* The village of Tharangambadi is to be ceded to the Danes for two years<br />
* The Danes are to be given the right to erect a fort in Tharangambadi<br />
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== Aftermath ==<br />
Tharangambadi (meaning the village with the singing waves) was too hard for the Danes to pronounce, and the village was therefore renamed Tranquebar ({{Langx|da|Trankebar|links=no}}).{{Sfn|Jakobsen|2020}} Tranquebar would thus be ceded to the Danes, and Gjedde would erect [[Fort Dansborg]] in its place. Tranquebar would be the headquarters of Danish trade in India for the next 225 years.{{Sfn|Brimnes|2018}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* {{Annotated link|Dannemarksnagore}}<br />
* {{Annotated link|Dano-Mughal Treaty}}<br />
* {{Annotated link|Danish India}}<br />
* {{Annotated link|Siege of Dansborg (1624)}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Works cited ==<br />
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* {{Cite book |last=Brimnes |first=Niels |url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/trankebar |title=Tranquebar, 1620-1845 |publisher=danmarkshistorien.dk |year=2018 |language=Danish}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Asgar |first=Svane |url=https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/christian-iv-droemte-om-guld-og-krydderier-fra-indien-saadan-blev-tranquebar-en-dansk-koloni/ |title=Christian IV drømte om guld og krydderier fra Indien: Sådan blev Tranquebar en dansk koloni |publisher=videnskab.dk |year=2020 |language=Danish}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Karin |first=Knudsen |url=https://www.foreningen-trankebar.dk/145955965.html |title=Traktat |publisher=foreningen-trankebar.dk |year=2017 |language=Danish}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Jakobsen |first=Johnny |url=https://navn.ku.dk/maanedens_navn/tranquebar/ |title=Tranquebar – Danmarks første tropekoloni og dens navne |publisher=Københavns universitet |year=2020 |language=Danish}}<br />
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[[Category:Treaties of Denmark–Norway]]<br />
[[Category:1620s in Danish India]]<br />
[[Category:1620 in India]]<br />
[[Category:1620 in Denmark]]<br />
[[Category:Christian IV of Denmark]]<br />
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