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  1. The first Trading Centre which was established by the British was
    1. Kolkata
    2. Surat
    3. Chennai
    4. Mumbai
Correct Option: B

The British East India Company opened their first trading center at Surat, Gujarat in 1612. This was as per the deed of right Mughal Emperor Jehangir granted to them. In 1640, they opened their second center in Madras (now Chennai). In 1687, they shifted their main trading center from Surat to Bombay, the city that they leased out from the British King in 1668.



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