Regarding the Danish East India Company in India, consider the following statements:
1. Their principal settlement and headquarters in India was at Serampore (Bengal).
2. They were more notable for their Christian missionary activities and printing press than for their commercial success.
3. They eventually sold all their Indian settlements to the French in 1845.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The Danes settled at Tranquebar (Tamil Nadu) and Serampore (Bengal), with Serampore being their headquarters. They failed to become a major commercial power. Statement 3 is incorrect; they sold all their Indian settlements to the British (not French) in 1845.

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