Which of the following countries established first European Colony in

1.	Which of the following countries established first European Colony in Andaman and Nicobar?1. England2. France3. Denmark4. Spain
Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Denmark The Correct Answer is Denmark. When the Danish settlers of the Danish East India Company arrived in the Nicobar Islands on 12 December 1755, the history of organized European colonization began. The Nicobar Islands were made a Danish colony on 1 January 1756, first called New Denmark. The name Nicobar probably derives from the Tamil word nakkavaram (“land of the naked”). The British first surveyed the Andaman Islands in 1789 in search of a place to establish a penal colony for offenders from British India. Such a colony was established in 1790 but was abandoned just a few years later. It is first called New Denmark, and later Frederick's Islands (December 1756). They were administered from Tranquebar during 1754–1756 (in continental Danish India). The islands were repeatedly abandoned due to malaria outbreaks between 14 April and 17 April.

Which of the following countries established first European Colony in Andaman and Nicobar?1. England2. France3. Denmark4. Spain

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Denmark

The Correct Answer is Denmark.

When the Danish settlers of the Danish East India Company arrived in the Nicobar Islands on 12 December 1755, the history of organized European colonization began.
The Nicobar Islands were made a Danish colony on 1 January 1756, first called New Denmark.
The name Nicobar probably derives from the Tamil word nakkavaram (“land of the naked”).
The British first surveyed the Andaman Islands in 1789 in search of a place to establish a penal colony for offenders from British India. Such a colony was established in 1790 but was abandoned just a few years later.
It is first called New Denmark, and later Frederick's Islands (December 1756).
They were administered from Tranquebar during 1754–1756 (in continental Danish India). The islands were repeatedly abandoned due to malaria outbreaks between 14 April and 17 April.