Modern History / Arrival of Europeans
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The people of Netherlands are called Dutch. The arrival of Dutch in India started when Dutch east India company was got established in 1602.
The following places were the Dutch colonies in India
In 1690, the headquarters of the Dutch settlements in India was shifted from Pulicat to Nagapattinam. Dutch governor of Indonesia was also the governor for the Dutch in India. In 1759, at Biderra in Bengal, a war was fought between the Dutch and the British and the Dutch settlements were captured by the British. With this action Dutch were expelled from India eventually.