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The Danish East India Company established their first factory at Tranquebar in Tamil Nadu in 1620 and Serampur in Bengal in 1676. They were not successful in establishing themselves strongly and therefore, in 19th century they sold all their settlements to the British and went back to their country.

 In 1620 the Danish established their first trading post in India at Tranquebar in Tamil Nadu. In 1755 they established another trading post in Srirampur at the banks of the River Hooghly in Bengal.   

Afonso de Albuquerque, the governor of Portuguese India, captured the city of Malacca in 1511. It was essential because, from Malacca, they can control the trade from the East Indies and the coast of China.

The Carnatic Wars were fought between England and France. Three battles took place. The first was won by France, the second and third by England after which the British began to think of dominating India politically. 

The creation of large empires that brought different regions under their rule helped in the cross-fertilisation of artistic forms and architectural styles.
In Akbars capital at Fatehpur Sikri many of the buildings show the influence of the architectural styles of Gujarat and Malwa.

The first factory of British was established at Hugli  in 1651. It was abandoned in 1690 when they shifted to Calcutta.

The outbreak in 1756 of the Seven Years' War in Europe resulted in renewed conflict between French and British forces in India i.e the Third carnatic war. In 1760 AD in the Battle of Wandiwash, Sir Iyre Coote, the British general defeated the French general Count Lally. The war concluded with the signing of the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which returned Chandernagore and Pondichéry to France.

In India, Dutch established their first factory in Masulipattanam in 1605. Later on, they had set factories at many places like at Surat in 1616, at Bimilipatam in 1641, and Chinsura in 1653.