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The English established their first factory in India at - |
| A. | Bombay |
| B. | Surat |
| C. | Sutanati |
| D. | Madras |
| Answer» B. Surat | |
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Explanation: The British presence in India dates back to the early part of the seventeenth century. On 31 December, 1600, Elizabeth, then the monarch of the United Kingdom, acceded to the demand of a large body of merchants that a royal charter be given to a new trading company, "The Governor and Company.of Merchants of London, Trading into the East-Indies." |
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