TRANQUEBAR  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• TANJORE

Tanjore See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, on the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, 18 m . N. of See also:

• NEGAPATAM

Negapatam . Pop . (19o1), 13,142 . A Danish factory was opened here as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 162o . It was taken by the British in 18o1, but restored in 1814, and finally See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased, with the other Danish settlements in India, in 1845 . In Danish times Tranquebar was a busy See also:

• PORT

port, but it lost its importance when the railway was opened to Negapatam . It was the first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant missionaries in India, founded by Ziegenbalg and Plutschau (See also:

• LUTHERANS

Lutherans) in 1706; and there is still a Lutheran See also:

• MISSION

mission high school and mission See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press .