GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Assam
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Orissa
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Bihar
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Sikkim
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Detailed explanation-1: -After establishing themselves on the West Coast of India, the British turned their attention to the East Coast. They started with establishing their first factory at Masulipatnam in 1611 C.E.
Detailed explanation-2: -UPSC Mains Notes: In the year 1633, the first factory of the company in East India was set up in Hariharpur (Balasore district of Odisha).
Detailed explanation-3: -In the Eastern part of India, Orissa was the first state where the British first opened their factory. This was mainly done to trade along with the East India Company.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thanks to a treaty in 1613 with the Mughal emperor Jahangir, it established its first factory in Surat in what is now western India.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1687, the British East India Company established its headquarters in Bombay.