GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Jahangir
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Shah Jahan
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Akbar
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Aurangzed
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sir William Hawkins (fl. c. 1600) was a representative of the English East India Company notable for being the commander of Hector, the first company ship to anchor at Surat in India on 24 August 1608. Hawkins travelled to Agra to negotiate consent for a factory from Emperor Jahangir in 1609.
Detailed explanation-2: -An English Diplomat, Sir Thomas Roe represented England in the Mughal Empire. On 18 September 1615, he arrived at the Surat port as the ambassador of the English King, James I to Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s court.
Detailed explanation-3: -From Surat, William Hawkins proceeded to Agra for Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s Court. He was helped by the Viceroy of the Burhanpur midway and after much labor, toil and many dangers; he reached Agra on April 16, 1609. Hawkins was an envoy in the court of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir for two years.