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Detailed explanation-1: -India has recently opened its new mission in which European country? Notes: The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to open a new Indian mission in Lithuania in 2022, to deepen political relations and strategic cooperation and enable growth of bilateral trade with the Baltic country.

Detailed explanation-2: -Portuguese were the first Europeans to start trade with India. After the fall of Ottoman Empire and capture of Constantinople in 1453 it became difficult for Europeans to trade with India via land route.

Detailed explanation-3: -Those were: Portuguese, Dutch (Holland, now the Netherlands), British, Danish (Denmark), French. Complete answer: The 1st person to achieve India circumnavigating the Cape of excellent Hope was Portuguese navigator VASCO-DA-GAMA.

Detailed explanation-4: -Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa.

Detailed explanation-5: -Relations between the European Union and the Republic of India are currently defined by the 1994 EU–India Cooperation Agreement. The EU is a significant trade partner for India and the two sides have been attempting to negotiate a free trade deal since 2007.