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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1643/1644 ousting of Danes in Balasore}}<br />
{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Expulsion of Danes from Balasore<br />
| place = [[Balasore]], [[Mughal Empire]]<br />(present-day [[India]])<br />
| partof = the [[Dano-Mughal War]]<br />
| image = Festningen Gingee i Karnatik - Peter Anker (1744–1832) - Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO - UEM4446.jpg<br />
| image_size = 300<br />
| caption = The [[Gingee Fort|fortress of Gingee]] in Karnatik, part of the Mughal Empire. By [[Dano-Norwegian]] [[Peter Anker]].<br />
| date = 1643/1644<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|region:IN-OR_type:city(144,000)|qid=Q641098|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| territory = Danish factory at Balasore abandoned<br />
| result = Mughal victory<br />
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Mughal Empire.png}} [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| combatant2 = {{flag|Danish India}}<br />
| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Mughal Empire.png}} Malik Beg<br />
| commander2 = {{flagicon|Danish India}} Unknown<br />
| units1 = Unknown<br />
| units2 = None<br />
| strength1 = Unknown<br />
| strength2 = {{circa}} 40 people<br />
| casualties1 = None<br />
| casualties2 = c. 40 poisoned<br />All goods seized<br />
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Dano-Mughal War}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Expulsion of Danes from Balasore''' ({{Langx|da|Udvisningen af danskerene fra Balasore}}) was a violent [[Deportation|expulsion]] and ousting of the [[Danish East India Company]] from the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] harbour and trading hub of [[Balasore]] in 1643 or 1644 by the local Mughal governor, Malik Beg.<br />
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== Background ==<br />
In 1620, [[Danish India]] was established at [[Tranquebar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranquebar, 1620-1845 |url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/vis/materiale/trankebar |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=danmarkshistorien.dk |language=da}}</ref> One year later, [[Roland Crappé]] became [[Governor of Tranquebar]], establishing a far-flung string of Danish factories from [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]] to [[Sulawesi]].{{Sfn|Wellen|2015|p=446}} One of these factories was established at [[Balasore]] in [[Bengal]], where the Danes sat up an office and staff.{{Sfn|Bredsdorff|2009|p=13}} <br />
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== Expulsion ==<br />
Balasore remained as a Danish trading post and factory until 1643 or 1644, when Malik Beg, the Mughal governor of Balasore, came in a quarrel with the Danish factors.{{Sfn|Bhaduri|2021|p=140}} It is said that Malik Beg poisoned the Danish inhabitants, which were about 40 people,{{Sfn|Diller|1999|p=216}} and seized their [[goods]], which they had acquired from the area.{{Sfn|Bhaduri|2021|p=140}} As a result, Malik Beg demolished the Danish factory at Balasore, and the Danes who lived there were either poised or expelled.{{Sfn|Bhaduri|2021|p=140}} <br />
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== Aftermath ==<br />
{{Further|Dano-Mughal War}}<br />
As a result of this and other incidents, the governor of the Danish East India Company, [[Bernt Pessart]], declared war on the [[Mughal Empire]], which would last until 1698. The Danes would reestablish their factory at Balasore in 1674 when 2 Danish vessels captured 5 Bengali ships, in which the Mughal governor, Malik Kasim, promised to give them the same trading privileges as the English.{{Sfn|Bhaduri|2021|p=140}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* {{Annotated link|Skirmish at Pipli}}<br />
* {{Annotated link|Loss of the St. Jacob}}<br />
* {{Annotated link|Attack in Hooghly}}<br />
* {{Annotated link|Siege of Dansborg (1624)}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Works cited ==<br />
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*{{Cite book |last=Bhaduri |first=Saugata |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BcVOEAAAQBAJ&dq=malik+beg+danes+1643&pg=PA140 |title=Polycoloniality: European Transactions with Bengal from the 13th to the 19th Century |date=2021-12-30 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-93-89812-56-5 |language=en}}<br />
*{{Cite book |last=Wellen |first=Kathryn |url=https://www.kitlv.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Mughal.pdf |title=The Danish East India Company's War against the Mughal Empire, 1642-1698 |publisher=Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies |year=2015 |isbn= |edition= |location=}}<br />
*{{Cite book |last=Bredsdorff |first=Asta |url= |title=The Trials and Travels of Willem Leyel |publisher=[[Museum Tusculanum Press]] |year=2009 |isbn=9788763530231 |edition= |location=Copenhagen}}<br />
*{{Cite book |last=Diller |first=Stephan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2zvvSpaWcTIC&dq=Danish+balasore+1673&pg=PA216 |title=Die Dänen in Indien, Südostasien und China (1620-1845) |date=1999 |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |isbn=978-3-447-04123-2 |language=de}}<br />
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