HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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Question
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During the Mughal rule in India tobacco was first cultivated in
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Madras
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Gujarat
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Delhi
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Calcutta
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Tobacco cultivation in India was introduced by Portuguese in 1605. Initially tobacco was grown in Kaira and Mehsana districts of Gujarat and later spread to other areas of the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -India’s major tobacco manufacturing states are Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Telangana and Bihar.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hint: Tobacco was primarily carried to India by Portuguese merchants 400 years ago. Although there prevailed already various pressures of locally-grown tobacco in India these were outclassed by the recently introduced species from Brazil.
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