| March
2002: |
Commissioner of
Archaeology Dr. R. Kannan, I.A.S., Chennai, gives 4 Danish
promoters a permission to restore the Fort Dansborg. |
| July
2002: |
Inauguration of 1.
part of the restoration work. The Danish flag Dannebrog
waves side by side with the Indian flag on the top of the old
church tower of Fort
Dansborg. The Indian Government makes Fort Dansborg to a national
monument and grants money to the remaining restoration work which
will be done by the Dept. of Archaeology, State of Tamil Nadu. |
| February
2003: |
The new Commissioner of
Archaeology mr. Ashok Vardhan Shetty, I.A.S., Chennai,
gives a permission to the total arrangement inside Fort
Dansborg - The Governors residence and the museum etc. This work
is entrusted to the 4 promoters and The Tranquebar Association. |
| August 2003: |
Dept. of
Archaeology has started the restoration work of the Fort Dansborg
and the fortification. The work will be finished in about one
year. |
| October 2003: |
Members of The Tranquebar
Association buy a house in Queen Street, Tranquebar. |
| March 2004: |
Commissioner of Tourism,
Chennai, gives a permission to renovate the beautiful old building
The Danish Governors Residence. The permission is given to
the 4 promoters and The Tranquebar Association.
The Bishop of C.S.I. - Dr.
D. James Srinivasan - gives a permission to
renovate the New Street Cemetery. |
| October 2004: |
Fort Dansborg is restored
totally. |
| February 2005: |
Inauguration of 1.
part of the restoring work - new wall around "The Old Danish
Cemetery" in New Street. A permission was given to plant in
front of the entrance.
Restoring The Danish Governors Residence will start
under the management of our co-operator The Danish National
Museum. |
| August
2005: |
District Collector Dr.
J. Radhakrishnan, I.A.S., Nagapattinam, gives The Tranquebar Association
permission to a coastal protection north of the Fort Dansborg.
The Danish Bestseller Foundation has a project with
plants south of the Fort Dansborg.
The permission is for both projects. |
| November 2005: |
The Danish National
Museum in co-operation with The Bestseller Foundation
and The Tranquebar Association
will start the renovation of the historical grave memories on
"The Old Danish Cemetery" in New Street. The work will start in
January-February 2006. |
| January 2006: |
The renovation of the grave memories in New Street
Churchyard will start on January 16th 2006. |
| February 2006: |
The coastal protection has started late in February
- stones between Gold Smith Street and the Masallimanathar Temple. |
| June 2006: |
The first part of the coastal protection project
has finished primo the month of July when granite stones are laid
out to the northern bastion - the Bastion of Zealand. The
Bestseller Fund plant protection is ready for start because the
plants are ready for planting. |
| October 2006: |
The Bestseller Fund plant protection has started in
the presence of local authorities and Danish TV. |
| January 2007: |
The Danish National Museum makes an archaeological research
of the moat around Fort Dansborg - this interesting work is done in
co-operation with with ASI-people in Tamil Nadu.
Permission is given by
Commissioner of Archaeology
Dr Sitharam Gurumurthi IAS,
Chennai, and the project
is prepared to start on January 16th. |
| February 2007: |
The Tranquebar Association makes a
pilot study of the bottom of the sea in front of Fort Dansborg. The
project is a 2-days diving project done by
JD-Contractor ApS, Denmark, together with KEI-RSOS
Maritime Ltd.,
Tamil
Nadu. Permission is given by District Collector
T. S. Jawahar, I.A.S., Nagapattinam.
The project is planned to be done in the middle of February.
CSI-Bishop
D. James Srinivasan has accepted a letter from the association
about continuing the renovation of New Street Churchyard - and
also how the tourists are able to go to the cemetery. |
| March 2007: |
The Danish National Museum: The
archaeological research of the moat around Fort Dansborg
is failed then a signature from ASI never has come. See the message
of January 2007. |