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Fort St. David, an English stronghold near …
Years: 1690 - 1690
Fort St. David, an English stronghold near the town of Cuddalore, about one hundred miles (one hundred and sixty kilometers) south of Madras on the southeastern coast of India, is sold by the Marathas to the English East India Company in 1690.
It was named for the patron saint of Wales because the governor of Madras at this time, Elihu Yale, is Welsh.
It is purchased because of increasing political instability in southern India, which makes a second fortified trading station (besides that in Madras) desirable.
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- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- East India Company, British (The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies)
- Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company")
- French East India Company
- Maratha Empire
- India, English
- England, (Orange and Stewart) Kingdom of
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Years: 1690 - 1690
Locations
People
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- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- East India Company, British (The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies)
- Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company")
- French East India Company
- Maratha Empire
- India, English
- England, (Orange and Stewart) Kingdom of
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Subregions