During the early 1600s the English East India Company established its trading posts in India Which a...........

Ancient and Medival History Later Mughals and Advent of Europeans

During the early 1600s, the English East India Company established its trading posts in India. Which among the following locations had an operational factory of the Company?

1.Broach

2.Chicacole

3.Trichinopoly

Choose the correct option:

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1 only

1 and 2

3 only

2 and 3

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Explanation:

Broach (now known as Bharuch) in Gujarat is the correct answer. In the first quarter of the 17th century, the English East India Company had indeed set up a factory in Broach. It was one of their earliest trading posts in India, well-placed for trade in cotton and indigo due to its advantageous position on the Narmada River leading to the Arabian Sea. Chicacole (present-day Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh) and Trichinopoly (now Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu) did not have English factories during this period. Therefore, the correct answer is "1 only," which corresponds to Broach.