Correct Option: B

Job Charnock was the founder of Calcutta. In March 1690, the Company received permission from Aurangzeb in Delhi to re-establish a factory in Bengal, and on 24 August 1690 Charnock returned to set up his hedquarters in the place he called Calcutta; the appointment of a new Nawab ensured this agreement was honoured, and on 10 February 1691, an imperial grant was issued for the English to "contentedly continue their trade".