Tharangambadi: Difference between revisions

| name = Tharangambadi

| other_name = Tranquebar

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Fort Dansborg.JPG

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| image_caption = Fort Dansborg, built by the 17th century as seen in 2007,; part of the wall is now under the sea.

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| coordinates = {{coord|11|1|45|N|79|50|58|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = India

| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]

| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]

| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]

| subdivision_name2 = [[Mayiladuthurai district|Mayiladuthurai]]

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| government_type = Tamilnadu

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| population_total = 23,191

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=693549 |title=Census of India: Search Details |access-date=27 May 2014 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145521/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=693549 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]

| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index 609304|PIN]] -->

| postal_code = 609304

| registration_plate = TN 82-Z

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'''Tharangambadi''' ({{IPA-ta|t̪aɾaŋgambaːɖi|lang}}), formerly '''Tranquebar'''<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Tranquebar |volume=27 |page=169}}</ref> ({{lang-da|Trankebar}}, {{IPA-da|ˈtsʰʁɑŋkəˌpɑˀ|pron}}), is a [[town]] in the [[Mayiladuthurai district]] of the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] on the [[Coromandel Coast]]. It lies {{convert|15|km}} north of [[Karaikal]], near the mouth of a [[distributary]] named Uppanar of the [[Kaveri]] River. Tranquebar was established on 19 November 1620 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/leksikon-og-kilder/vis/materiale/grundlaeggelsen-af-kolonien-tranquebar-1620-1630/|title=Grundlæggelsen af kolonien Tranquebar, 1620-1630}}</ref> as the first Danish trading post in India. King [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]] had sent his envoy [[Ove Gjedde]] who established contact with [[Raghunatha Nayak]] of [[Thanjavur Nayak kingdom|Tanjore]]. An annual [[tribute]] was paid by the [[Denmark|Danes]] to the [[Rajah of Tanjore]] until the colony of Tranquebar was sold to the [[British East India Company]] in 1845.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tranquebar {{!}} lex.dk|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Tranquebar|access-date=2021-01-30|website=Den Store Danske|language=da}}</ref>