Lectionary Calendar
Monday, April 29th, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Encyclopedias
Tranquebar
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
a town of British India, in the Tanjore district of Madras, on the sea-coast, 18 m. N. of Negapatam. Pop. (1901), 13,142. A Danish factory was opened here as early as 1620. It was taken by the British in 1801, but restored in 1814, and finally purchased, with the other Danish settlements in India, in 1845. In Danish times Tranquebar was a busy port, but it lost its importance when the railway wa,s opened to Negapatam. It was the first settlement of Protestant missionaries in India, founded by Ziegenbalg and Plutschau (Lutherans) in 1706; and there is still a Lutheran mission high school and mission press.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tranquebar'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/tranquebar.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tranquebar'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/tranquebar.html. 1910.
