HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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Question
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First Portuguese factory was established in
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Goa
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Mangalore
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Calicut
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Calcutta
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On 13 September 1500, Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral arrived at Calicut in Kerala and established a factory which was the first European factory in India.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Vasco da Gama was the first Portuguese to penetrate into India. He was welcomed by the Zamorin of Calicut. They established their first factory in Cochin (now called Kochi) in Kerala.
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