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Abstract The aim of this paper is to highlight the Trade and Politics of the Dutch in South India from 1602 – 1795. The Hollanders - the Dutch - came over to the Coromandel Coast when the trade system was well established. They had to face a strong European rival, the Portuguese. The originator pi Dutch commerce in India was lins Cotton who visited Goa in 1583. In 1602 "The Verenigde Oast Indiche Compagnie" - (V.O.C.). The Dutch East India Company - sent two Dutch factors from Ache to Surat in 1605 to explore the commercial prospects. The Dutch vessels commenced trading in the Coromandel from 1605. In the early years of their expansion, in 1610-20, their chain of factories extended from Masulipattanam in northern Coromandel through Pulicat in the centre of the coast to Tiruppapuliyur (Cuddalore) in the south. Prosperous local merchants were their intermediaries. The attempt of the V.O.C. to set up factories from Cuddalore to Point Calimere met with limited success only. Masulipattanam and Pulicat became the centre of their Coromandel enterprises.

Dutch, Coromandel, Vijaanagar, Limson.

"TRADE AND POLITICS OF THE DUTCH IN GULF OF MANNAR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.403-410, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908670.pdf

"TRADE AND POLITICS OF THE DUTCH IN GULF OF MANNAR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp403-410, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908670.pdf