Dutch Bengal

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Dutch East India Company colony European colonial possession in India trading colony

Dutch Bengal was a trading colony of the Dutch East India Company in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, focused on commerce in textiles, silk, and other goods during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Label	Occurrences
Dutch Bengal canonical	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch East India Company colony ⓘ European colonial possession in India ⓘ trading colony ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Serampore ⓘ surface form: Chinsurah
capital	Chandannagar ⓘ surface form: Chinsurah
colonialPower	Dutch East India Company ⓘ
conflictWith	British East India Company ⓘ
country	Dutch Republic ⓘ
economyBasedOn	indigo trade ⓘ opium trade ⓘ rice trade ⓘ saltpetre trade ⓘ silk trade ⓘ spice trade ⓘ sugar trade ⓘ textile trade ⓘ
endTime	19th century ⓘ
followedBy	British control of Bengal ⓘ
hasFort	Fort Gustavus ⓘ
hasSettlement	Balasore ⓘ Baranagar ⓘ Cassimbazar ⓘ Chandannagar ⓘ surface form: Chinsurah Dhaka ⓘ surface form: Dacca Hughli ⓘ Patna ⓘ
historicalRegion	Bengal Subah ⓘ
languageUsed	Bengali ⓘ Dutch ⓘ Persian language ⓘ surface form: Persian
locatedIn	Bengal ⓘ surface form: Bengal region South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
mainRiver	Hooghly River ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Chinsurah ⓘ
partOf	Dutch colonial empire ⓘ surface form: Dutch India Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
precededBy	Portuguese trading presence in Bengal ⓘ
religionPresent	Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
significantPeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
startTime	17th century ⓘ
tradedWith	European markets ⓘ Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire local Bengali merchants ⓘ
tradeGood	cotton textiles ⓘ indigo ⓘ opium ⓘ rice ⓘ saltpetre ⓘ silk ⓘ sugar ⓘ
tradingCompany	Dutch East India Company ⓘ

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Subject: Dutch Bengal
Description of subject: Dutch Bengal was a trading colony of the Dutch East India Company in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, focused on commerce in textiles, silk, and other goods during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Dutch colonial empire → hasPart → Dutch Bengal ⓘ