SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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The first east India was constructed in ____
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Calcutta
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Jodhpur
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Kochi
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Surat
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The company established its first Indian factory in 1615 at Surat, and its second in 1616 at Masulipatnam on the Andhra Coast of the Bay of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French set up their first factory at Surat in 1668 and after one year they set up their second factory at Masulipatnam in 1669. Portuguese established their first factory in India at Calicut in 1500 AD and second at Cochin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Surat thereafter became the emporium of India, exporting cloth and gold. Its major industries were textile manufacture and shipbuilding. The British established their first Indian factory (trading post) at Surat (1612).
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