Dutch heritage in India
Forts, cemeteries and trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, from Gujarat to Bengal.
From the early seventeenth to the early nineteenth century, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) had trading posts all along the Indian coast: in Gujarat (Surat), on the Malabar coast (Kochi), on the Coromandel coast (Pulicat, Sadras, Nagapattinam) and in Bengal (Chinsurah).
Much can still be visited. Kochi has the Mattancherry Palace, known as the 'Dutch Palace', and a Dutch cemetery. Pulicat, Sadras and Chinsurah have cemeteries with richly decorated tombstones and remains of forts. Dutch archives hold kilometres of VOC records on India, part of which can be consulted online.
Useful links
- Atlas of Mutual Heritage atlasofmutualheritage.nl
Maps, drawings and prints of VOC locations. - Nationaal Archief nationaalarchief.nl
The VOC archives, partly digitised. - Dutch in Chinsurah dutchinchinsurah.com
The Dutch past of Chinsurah in Bengal. - DutchCulture dutchculture.nl
Cultural cooperation and shared heritage.
- Dutch Church, Chinsurah church building More infoMap
- Fort Gelderland fort More infoMap
- Fort Gustavus fort More infoMap
- Fort Wilhelmus fort More infoMap
- Fort Zeeborg fort More infoMap
- Mors Janua Vitae cemetery More infoMap
- Dutch Tombs, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad · tomb More infoMap
- Dutch Cemetery, Karinga Bihar · cemetery More infoMap
- Fort Sadras Chengalpattu district · fort More infoMap
- Dutch Cemetery Cossimbazar · cemetery More infoMap
- Dutch Cemetery, Kochi Ernakulam district · cemetery More infoMap
- Remains of the Dutch Fort Falta community development block · ruins More infoMap
- Tombs of Kankaria Tank Gujarat · tomb More infoMap
- Dutch Cemetery Hugli-Chuchura · cemetery More infoMap
- Dutch Memorial Monument of Susanna Anna Maria Hugli-Chuchura · monument More infoMap
- Mattancherry Palace Kerala · palace More infoMap
- Dutch Church, Munroe Island Kollam district · church building More infoMap
- Masulipathnam Dutch cemetery Krishna district · cemetery More infoMap
- CSI St. Peter's Church Nagapattinam district · church building More infoMap
- Dutch Tombs Nagapattinam district · tomb More infoMap
- Karikop Cemetery Nagapattinam district · cemetery More infoMap
- Dutch Vakhar Sindhudurg district · warehouse More infoMap
- Dutch Cemetery, Surat Surat · cemetery More infoMap
- Dutch and Armenian Cemetery, Surat Surat City Taluka · cemetery More infoMap
- Dutch Cemetery of Thoothukudi Tamil Nadu · cemetery More infoMap
- Fort Vijf Sinnen Tamil Nadu · fort More infoMap
- Dutch Cemetery, Pulicat Tiruvallur district · cemetery More infoMap