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प्रश्न
Answer the following question:
When and how was the English East India Company formed?
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उत्तर
It was formed by a group of English merchants. The company received a charter from Queen Elizabeth I of England on December 31, 1600. Sir Thomas Roe got a Farman from Jahangir in 1615 to establish a factory at Surat. The English traders from the very beginning tried to combine trade with diplomacy. The English set up factories at Surat, Agra Ahmedabad, Broach, Hooghly, Mqsulipatnam, and Madras.
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Choose the correct answer:
The English East India Company was established in the year __________ CE.
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What privileges did the Farman of 1717 confer on the English East India Company?
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Calcutta (now Kolkata) was the centre of the English East India Company’s power in India for many years.
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The English prestige rose after the First Carnatic War.
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The Subsidiary Alliance system was started by Lord Cornwallis.
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