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Name the English Officer who obtained Madras on lease in 1639 from the ruler of Chandragiri.
Answer: B
Francis Day, with Andrew Cogan, obtained the site of Madras on lease in 1639 from the local chief acting for the Chandragiri ruler, and Fort St. George was built there. Sir Thomas Roe was the English ambassador at Jahangir's court, Sir George Oxenden is linked to Surat and Bombay, and Sir John Child was a governor of Bombay later in the century. None of them obtained Madras, so the answer is Francis Day, option B.
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