INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1608, Mughal authorities allowed the English East India Company to establish a small trading settlement at Surat (now in the state of Gujarat), and this became the company’s first headquarters town.

Detailed explanation-2: -Surat was the first Presidency of British East India Company in India. The other Presidency of the Company at that time in the east was at Bantam in Java where Captain Lancaster had, earlier, during 1601-1603, established a factory of the Company.

Detailed explanation-3: -Surat Presidency of the East India Company which existed from 1608 to 1687. The presidency was established with the founding of an East India Company factory in the western Indian port city of Surat and was terminated when the presidency’s seat was moved to Bombay.

Detailed explanation-4: -The East India Company arrived first at Surat in 1608. There they established a first British company in 1613 with the help of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.