In the year 1613, where was the English East India Company given permission to set up a factory (trading post)?
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- ABangalore
- BMadras
- CMasulipattam
- DSuratCorrect
Explanation
The correct answer is D, Surat.
The English East India Company established its first temporary factory at Masulipattam in 1611, but the formal royal permission to set up a permanent factory was granted later. In 1612, Captain Thomas Best defeated the Portuguese in the Battle of Swally near Surat. Impressed by this naval victory, the Mughal Emperor Jahangir issued a farman (royal decree) in early 1613 allowing the English to establish a permanent factory at Surat. This became the first official headquarters of the Company in Western India.
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