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The correct chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is - |
A. | Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat |
B. | Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta |
C. | Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta |
D. | Surat, Madras, Calcutta Bombay |
Answer» C. Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta | |
Explanation: 1613-14: British East India Company set up trading post at Surat; 1639: The local king of Madras granted the Company a lease; 1662: King Charles II of England was given Bombay as dowry after marrying the Portuguese princess: and, 1667: The English obtained the royal farman to trade in Bengal from the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. |
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