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    To get permission for trade, British sent Captain Hawkins to the court of

    Shah jahan

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    Jahangir

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    Chronology of English East India Company
    1600    Establishment of English East India Company
    1608    Captain William Hawkins visited the Mughal Court of Jehangir.
    1609    Emperor Jehangir issued farman permitting the English to establish a factory at Surat.
    1613    The English East India Company's factory was set up at Surat.
    1615    Sir Thomas Roe was successful in obtaining two farmans from the Mughal Court confirming free trade with exemption from inland toll.
    1616    The East India Company established its branch factory at Masulipatnam.
    1632    The English obtained the Golden Farman with the right to trade in the kingdom of Golkunda for a fixed customs duty, from the Sultan of Golkunda.
    1633    The eastern branch factory of East India Company was established in Hariharpur, Balasore.
    1639    The local king of Madras(Now Chennai) granted the Company a lease.
    1651    Nawab Shuja-ud-din of Bengal granted the English, the right to carry on their trade on payment of a fixed duty.
    1662    King Charles II of England was given Bombay (Now Mumbai) as dowry after marrying the Portuguese princess
    1667    The English obtained the royal farman to trade in Bengal from the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
    1687    The English East India Company replaced its headquarters from Surat to Bombay.
    1691    The Governor of Bengal gave the English Company Dastaks (Free trade passes) on the payment of a fixed duty.
    1717    English obtained a number of trade concessions from the Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar after the Emperor was cured of a painful disease by the English Surgeon William Hamilton.
     


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