Sadras

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Sadras is a historic coastal town in Tamil Nadu, India, known for its Dutch-era fort and role as a former trading port on the Coromandel Coast.

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Sadras canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town
settlement
administrativeDivision India
Kanchipuram
surface form: Kanchipuram district

Tamil Nadu
climate tropical coastal climate
coastType sandy beach coast
conflictHistory site of Anglo-Dutch conflicts on Coromandel Coast
country India
distanceFromChennai about 70 kilometres south
formerColonialPower Dutch East India Company
hasStructure Sadras Dutch Fort
granaries
sea-facing fort walls
tombs
warehouse ruins
heritageStatus protected monument
historicalEra Dutch colonial period
historicalFunction Dutch trading station
historicalNameVariant Tharangambadi
surface form: Sadurangapattinam
historicalTradeGoods edible oil
pearls
salt
textiles
knownFor Dutch-era fort
former trading port
historic coastal townscape
languageSpoken Tamil
locatedIn Kanchipuram
surface form: Kanchipuram district
locatedNear Bay of Bengal
Chennai
Kalpakkam
locatedOn Coromandel Coast
nearbyFacility Madras Atomic Power Station at Kalpakkam
nearestMajorCity Chennai
partOf Coromandel Coast
surface form: Coromandel Coast trading network
primaryEconomicActivityHistorical trade
protectedBy Archaeological Survey of India
region northern Tamil Nadu coast
religionMajority Hinduism
state Tamil Nadu
timeZone Indian Standard Time
tourismType beach tourism
heritage tourism
transportAccess East Coast Road
utcOffset +05:30

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