Dutch Malabar

Columns: Settlement | Type | Established | Disestablished | Comments
Fort Cochin | Fort and factory | 1663 | 1795 | Established by the Portuguese as their first settlement in India . Captured by the Dutch in 1663 , who made it the capital of Dutch Malabar ( the residence of the Commander ) . During the Dutch occupation of Cochin they made several changes in the city . The Dutch reduced the area of the old Portuguese town , reduced the fort and destroyed most of the public buildings built by the Portuguese . They developed the harbour , the piers , many merchants houses and warehouses in Cochin | Fort Cranganore | Fort | 1662 | 1770 | Cranganore was a little city with a small fort , but the place was of major strategic importance ; it was the key to Cochin . Fell under the command of Fort Cochin and meant to protect the latter . In 1662 , the formerly Portuguese fort was first given back to the Zamorin of Calicut as a reward for his alliance with the Dutch , but in 1666 the Dutch started to renovate the dilapidated fort for their own purposes | Fort Pallipuram | Fort | 1661 | 1789 | Fell under the command of Fort Cochin and meant to protect the latter . Sold to the Kingdom of Travancore in 1789 | Purakkad Factory | Factory | 1662 | ? | Fell under the command of Fort Cochin | Fort Quilon | Fort and factory | 1661 | 1795 | Quilon was a fortified city . The first Portuguese fort to be captured by the Dutch in December 1661 . Capital of Dutch Malabar until the capture of Cochin in 1663 | Kayamkulam Factory | Factory | 1661 | ? | Fell under the command of Fort Quilon | Fort Cannanore | Fort and factory | 1663 | 1790 | Cannanore was a city with a good harbour and a strong stone fort . Captured on 15 February 1663 from the Portuguese | Vengurla Factory | Factory | 1637 | 1693 | Established before the establishment of the Malabar commandment to spy on the nearby Portuguese settlement of Goa . Fell directly under the command of Batavia until 1673 , and then under command of Suratte . From 1676 onwards , the command was with Dutch Malabar | Barselor Factory | Factory | 1667 | 1682 | Established by treaty with the local ruler . The unreinforced factory traded in rice and pepper , and was closed in 1682 after problems with local merchants

Example questions:
When was the settlement in Kerala , India known as Kodungallur Fort established ? | Who built the hexagonal settlement that was disestablished in 1789 ? | When was the Tangasseri settlement 44 mi from Thiruvananthapuram disestablished ? | What type of fruit trees surround the last factory settlement to be disestablished ?

Answers:
1662 | Portuguese | 1795 | berry trees