The story of Tranquebar Gin began in late 1615, when The Danish East India Company, contacted King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway with a proposal to set up a trading company which would focus on trade with India
The Company established a trading post in Tranquebar and Fort Dansborg was built to protect the city.
In the early 1800s, Danish trade in the region diminished, while the war against England dealt the Danish fleet a severe blow.
On November 7, 1845 the renowned expedition ship Galathea visited Tranquebar, and at an official ceremony, the ship’s captain Steen Bille, lowered the Danish flag at Fort Dannebrog for the last time as the trading post had been sold to the British East India Company.
