Consider the following statements in context of the rise of British East India Company EIC in India ...........

Ancient and Medival History Later Mughals and Advent of Europeans

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Consider the following statements in context of the rise of British East India Company (EIC) in India:

The British EIC faced a great challenge from the rulers of Vijay Nagar Kingdom in the beginning of the 17th century.
The East India Company defeated the king of Madras province by 1639 in order to make Madras as the center of their activity.
The island of Bombay was acquired by the EIC after defeating Marathas.

Which of the statement given below above is/are correct?

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

1 and 3 only

None of these

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Explanation:

None of these

The growing power of the Dutch by the middle of the seventeenth century forced the Surat Council of the British Empire to acquire Bombay from King John IV of Portugal in 1659. The marriage treaty of Charles II of England and Catherine of Portugal on 8 May 1661 placed Bombay in British possession of a part of Catherine's dowry to Charles.

During the early years of commercial expansion, in the 1640s, the East India Company constructed the citadel known as the Fort St George in Madras, making it the first trading settlement city in India to be fortified.