Monday, February 16, 2015

Dutch Settlements


Known to the Dutch as Bimilipatnam, Bheemunipatnam was one among the major Dutch settlements. of the Dutch Coromandel coast in the 17th century. There are remnants of the Dutch East India Company trading post when the town was a port. The town contains one of the oldest Christian cemeteries on the coast. Bhimili also had a currency mint. during the times of Dutch.

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