Negapatam

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Negapatam is the former colonial-era name of Nagapattinam, a historic port town on the southeastern coast of India in the state of Tamil Nadu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former colonial place name
historic port town
administrativeSuccessor Nagapattinam
surface form: Nagapattinam municipality
associatedWith Chola maritime history
coastType low-lying coastal plain
colonialPower British Empire
Dutch East India Company
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Portuguese Empire
country India
declinedAsName 20th century
hasAlternativeName Nagapatnam
hasPort Nagapattinam Port
historicalEra colonial period
historicalSignificance center of European colonial rivalry on Coromandel Coast
important node in Indo-Southeast Asian maritime links
language Tamil
locatedIn British India
surface form: British India (historical)

Madras Presidency
surface form: Madras Presidency (historical)

Nagapattinam district
South India
Tamil Nadu
locatedInSubcontinent South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time
locatedOn Coromandel Coast
southeastern coast of India
modernName Nagapattinam
nearbyWaterBody Bay of Bengal
partOf Bay of Bengal littoral
region Kaveri River Delta
surface form: Cauvery delta region
religionSite Buddhist establishments (historical)
Christian churches
Hindu temples
replacedByName Nagapattinam in official usage
servedAs important trading port
regional maritime hub
tradeRoute Bay of Bengal trade
Indian Ocean trade network
treaty Treaty of Paris (1784)
usedBy European colonial records
usedIn 18th-century maps of India
wasCapturedBy British forces in 1781
wasCededBy Dutch Republic
wasCededTo Great Britain

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Nagapattinam formerName Negapatam