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With whose permission did the English set up their first factory in Surat?

  • A.Akbar
  • B.Jahangir
  • C.Shahjahan
  • D.Aurangzeb

Answer: B

It was Jahangir.

Captain William Hawkins reached Agra in 1609 and Sir Thomas Roe followed as James I's ambassador in 1615. The factory at Surat was established in 1613 under a farman from Jahangir, after the English defeated a Portuguese squadron at Swally.

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