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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Negapatam canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.