INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -King Charles II Granted Bombay to the East India Company on 27th March 1668-This Day in History.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution: English East India Company shifted its headquarters in 1668 to Bombay.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 11 May 1661, the marriage treaty of Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King John IV of Portugal, placed Bombay in the possession of the British Empire, as part of Catherine’s dowry to Charles, along with the North African city of Tangier.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1668 CE, the East India Company acquired it at an annual rent of 10 pounds from King Charles II. Q.

Detailed explanation-5: -1660–85) married Catherine of Braganza in May 1662. Part of her large dowry was the Portuguese territory of ‘Bom Bahia’ (Bombay) on the western coast of India, modern Mumbai. The king agreed to transfer control of Bombay to the East India Company and it soon became their base.