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  1. The correct chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the places mentioned below is
    1. Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
    2. Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
    3. Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
    4. Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay
Correct Option: C

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 farm to trade in Bengal from the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. The three small villages in the east of India called Sutanati, Gobindapore and Kalikata were renamed Calcutta in 1690.


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