With regard to battles fought by the British in India ,Consider the following options:

  1.The English defeated the Portuguese in the battle of swally hole.

  2.The English defeated the Danes in the battle of Bedara.

  Which of the following is /are correct?

Statement 1 is correct : In 1611 ,The English defeated The Portuguese in the Battle of Swally Hole near Surat .after this Jahangir allowed English to set up a permanent factory at Surat in 1613.

Statement 2 is incorrect : Batlle of Bedara was fought between English and Dutch ( Not Danes) in 1759 in which english decisively defeated Dutch.

By: Ankush Sharma