INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The East India Company had taken Bombay from
A
The Dutch
B
Charles I
C
Charles II
D
The Portuguese
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The East India Company had taken Bombay from Charles II. On 21 May 1662, the marriage treaty of Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King John IV of Portugal, placed Bombay in possession of the British Empire, as part of dowry of Catherine to Charles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bombay Handed Over to East India Company-[March 27, 1668] This Day in History. The British monarch King Charles II granted Bombay to the East India Company on 27th March 1668 for an annual rent of £10. In exchange, the king obtained a loan of £50000 at 6% interest from the company.

Detailed explanation-3: -King Charles II of England got the island of Bombay as a part of dowry when he married Catherine, daughter of the King of Portugal. In 1668 CE, the East India Company acquired it at an annual rent of 10 pounds from King Charles II.

Detailed explanation-4: -Charles II (r. 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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The English East India company acquired Bombay and named it Bombay Presidency when King of England, Charles II acquired as part of his dowry from Portugal on his marriage to the Portuguese Queen Catherine in 1661.

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