HISTORY
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Netherland
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France
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Portugal
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England
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1501 AD, Vasco da Gama returned to India. Subsequently, Portugal established its trading settlements at Daman & Diu, Goa, and Cochin. Portuguese were thus the first Europeans to start trade with India.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Europeans knew about the wealth of India since the ancient time out of the trade link that India established with Greece and Rome and they wanted to do trade with India. All the then existing trade routes were closed for Europeans after the fall of Constantinople in the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Detailed explanation-3: -Based on the literature and archaeological evidence, from ancient times there were two main routes through the Indian Ocean, namely the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea [12].