India Colonial Records

Portuguese Colonization (1498-1661)
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French Colonization (1674-1816ish)
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British Colonization (18th c. - 1947)
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Dutch Colonization (1605-1825)
Dutch presence on the Indian subcontinent lasted from 1605 to 1825. Merchants of the Dutch East India Company first established themselves in Dutch Coromandel, notably Pulicat, as they were looking for textiles to exchange with the spices they traded in the East Indies. Dutch Suratte and Dutch Bengal were established in 1616 and 1627 respectively. After the Dutch conquered Ceylon from the Portuguese in 1656, they took the Portuguese forts on the Malabar coast five years later as well, to secure Ceylon from Portuguese invasion. In the second half of the eighteenth century the Dutch lost their influence more and more. The Kew Letters relinquished all Dutch colonies to the British, to prevent them from being overrun by the French. In the famous Battle of Colachel (1741), Travancore king Marthanda Varma's army defeated the Dutch East India Company, resulting in the complete eclipse of Dutch power in Malabar. Although Dutch Coromandel and Dutch Bengal were restored to Dutch rule by virtue of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814, they returned to British rule owing to the provisions of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. Under the terms of the treaty, all transfers of property and establishments were to take place on 1 March 1825. By the middle of 1825, therefore, the Dutch had lost their last trading posts in India.

Danish and Norwegian Colonization (1620-1868)
Denmark–Norway held colonial possessions in India for more than 200 years including Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu, Serampore, West Bengal, Calicut, Kerala, and Nicobar Islands. Through the Danish East India Company, a trade agreement was signed in 1620. Eventually, the Danish colonies went into decline and the Dutch sold them to the British. By 16 October 1868, all Danish rights to the islands were gone.